Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFIlmmaker Christiaan Olwagen’s enchanting coming-of-age musical dramedy set in his homeland of South Africa takes a trope of extreme obstacles facing gay men in the 1980’s with such an inspired touch that makes this such a sheer joy of a movie. It’s the tale of teenage Johan Niemand (Schalk Bezuidenhout) who although he lives … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEven with the best-laid plans, life has a way of never working out exactly as we thought. Pep (Wieger Windhorst ) and Sjors (Kevin Hassing) have been a couple for several years now and still very happily in love and looking forward to fulfilling two of their dreams together: taking a year off to travel, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCherry Pop is small town shabby gay bar that looks like it probably has never seen better days. However it is home for the small coterie of drag queens who perform there nightly even though it looks they out number the audience at the best of times. Every night this band of performers are … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesStella is a no-nonsense potty-mouth old fashioned lesbian elderly lesbian. Her partner of some 31 years is sweet frumper near-blind Dot and this mis-matched couple have a happy life together in a remote part of Maine. This is however threatened one day by Dot’s interfering granddaughter Molly who tricks her into signing her liberty and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHomosexuality was just decriminalized in India in 2018 but there has been a small steady flow of LGBT movies for a few years before that. Because of the legal situation and society’s taboos, many were made on the down-low and struggled to find a way to access the audience they deserved. However some … Continue reading