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 queertiquesSomething like Summer the rather accomplished directing debut of David Berry from a script by Carlos Pedraza is full of surprises. What starts out as a sweet LGBT romantic coming-of-age musical actually ends up as melodrama, and a very definite tear-jerker too. In between it covers a lot of ground always trying (and succeeding most of the time) it … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLeon Le’s heart-string-pulling story of a love that goes unconsummated is probably the the first LGBTQ movie from Vietnam that we have ever seen. If this is to be the standard bearer of a new source of queer cinema then we cannot wait to see what could follow that would match this. Set in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom The Barn a production company specializing in indie movie musicals comes this charming queer romantic fantasy called Steam. This 18-min musical is the story of Lance (Coby Getzug) a millennial gay man who wishes he were part of a life-long past and that probably only belonged in the movies. He acts out … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEytan Fox the ‘father’ of Israeli queer cinema that helmed such classic dramas as ‘Yossi & Jaeger‘ and ‘The Bubble’ seems to be mellowing with age. His last film was a delicious comedy about Eurovision called Cupcakes, which he followed up with an hilarious TV Series The Bar Mitzvah and now he is releasing a … Continue reading