Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKarim Ainouz’s mesmerising melancholic drama starts and ends in a very similar fashion. In the opening scenes we see two motorbikers racing across the sand dunes and when they reach the end of the beach discard their bikes and clothes and run off into the high rolling waves. They soon get caught in riptides and despite … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPoor Greta Garbo would turn over in her (lesbian) grave if she knew how her name was being taken in vain in this rather turgid queer Brazilian drama. Its the feature film debut of writer/director Armando Praça who claims he adapted it from a stage comedy, in which we think he means he drained … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHard Paint aka Tinta Bruta is an intriguing and somewhat perplexing highly erotic tale that swooped up the prestigious Teddy Award for Best LGBT Feature at the Berlinale last month. Set in the south of Brazil in the small town of Porto Alegre, which is a place so sad that everyone is desperate to leave, making the ones that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLaerte Coutinho is an extraordinary person, who despite some initial reluctance at the beginning of this documentary, is very happy to share her continuing dialogue about what it means to her to be a woman. This 60-year-old extremely successful Brazilian artist and cartoonist was born a male, and at the age of 57 decided to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his sophomore feature film Brazilian writer turned director Rafael Gomes has adapted his own novel ‘Music To Cut the Wrists By’. Don’t be alarmed by the title as this engaging romantic comedy may have its melodrama, but his trio of lovelorn protagonists would still never resort to taking such action. We reviewed Gomez’s … Continue reading