Queerguru reviews SPOILER ALERT the queer heartbreaking movie of the year that you SHOULD NOT MISS
In 1981 the CDC published its first article marking the first official report of what would later become known as the AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) epidemic, and by 1985 it was a full-blown global pandemic. That was also the year that Buddies the first American film to dramatize the subject of AIDS was released. … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews “Stay On Board : The Leo Baker Story”
Even though we have somehow gotten used to the traumas/sacrifices that so many people have to face when they transition, it still did not prepare us for the journey that Lee Baker would undertake to be his true self. Baker had been something of a skateboard fanatic since childhood, having been given his first … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews : Taylor Mac’s 24 Decades History of Popular Music : an excellent MUST SEE film
I thought I had reached this (advanced?) age of my life with very few regrets, but now I realize I have to add a very important one. Taylor Mac’s 24 Decades History of Popular Music literally performed as a 24 Hour Marathon on Oct 8 – 9 2015 (noon to noon) at St Ann’s … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews THE BEST FAMILIES a comedy of errors by Javier Fuentes-León (Undertow)
Its been 12 years since Peruvian writer/director Javier Fuentes-León’s award-winning queer fantasy/romance UNDERTOW grabbed all our attention. Not just because an LGBTQ film from his country is still a rarity but because it was such a remarkable and wonderful ghost story. This tale of a married fisherman who struggles to reconcile his devotion to … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews CALENDAR GIRLS the story of an amateur dance troupe of ‘mature’ women in Florida
Calendar Girls is one of those reality-type documentaries that profile a small group of people who share an ‘odd’ lifestyle that makes voyeurs of us all. As we look slightly dumbfounded at what is on the screen, we try and conjure up what aliens would think of our planet if this were the first people … Continue reading