Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter preadolescent Andy (Emilio Puente) sees his mother gets fatally shot in a random robbery, he is sent to live on the country estate of his paternal grandmother (the wonderful Carmen Maura) who he has never met before. She is rather cold and awkward with him and brushes off any enquiries of the whereabouts … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere cannot possibly be a more desolate place to live on Earth than in the vast plains of Siberia where the sparsely populated people miserably eake out a living and simply pray that there is no return to war. When Sasha’s grandmother fails to answer her phone for days the family send him off … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn the Queerguru Office right now we are having (yet) another Judy Garland moment. And why shouldn’t we for as gay filmmaker Stephen Kijak has stated it is in our DNA and he’s a kind of expert on both. As we eagerly await to see Miss Zellweger’s star turn in the new biopic JUDY … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSister Aimee is a bonky film about an even bonkier character Aimee Semple McPherson whose story is too ridiculous to be real. In fact filmmakers Samantha Buck and Marie Schlingmann make a point of telling us that only 5.5% of their film is true and the rest is pure (and slightly warped) imagination. They focus … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLife is tough enough for Socrates (Christian Malheiros) and his single-parent mother as they struggled to eak out a living in their small shabby apartment in Baixada Santista one of the rougher ghettos of São Paulo. Then she suddenly dies and the 15 year old is left to fend for himself. Behind in the … Continue reading