Brit writer/actress/comedian Fiona Goodwin took so many detours in her coming out journey which she shaped into anr hilarious one-woman-show. Hot from her highly acclaimed breakout success at Edinburgh Festival Fringe , Fiona is now bringing the show to the Pilgrim House as part of #WomensWeek. Her very dry wit and her wicked sense of irony are a sheer delight, and if you are only planning on seeing one show in Womensweek then A Very British Lesbian should be it.
QUEERGURU caught up with her in LA as she was starting to pack for P Town.
When Guatemalan filmmaker Jayro Bustamante‘s went to cast his sophomore film a drama about a married man who comes out as gay he was shocked to discover that over 80% of the actors at the casting would not play ‘gay’ . He needn’t have worried though as he chose the extremely talented actor JUAN PABLO OLYSLAGER whose finely nuanced performance as the lead character makes this very disturbing drama so utterly watchable.
In what is the 2nd Guatemalan movie to every have an LGBT story line, Olyslager Pablo who is forced by his Church & family to give up on his chance of real happiness.
Bustamante, and Olyslager along with Sabrina De La Hoz , talked to QUEERGURU when the film was screened at Miami Film Festiva land now the movie is about to be screened at OUTshine in Fort Lauderdale
Walking with Shadows has all the emotional set pieces that are expected from a film about a gay man who ends up married to appease the religious expectations of his family. With little to offer in the way of surprises the story plods towards a predictable destination whilst managing to under deliver against the … Continue reading
The 11th Edition of OUTShine Fort Lauderdale (the offspring of OUTShine Miami) kicks of its 10 day Festival on 10/10 with an eclectic & diverse program of films that cover most of the LGBTQ spectrum. The QUEERGURU team have been glued to the screen seeing almost all of the movies and here is our list of 10 MOVIES THAT YOU MUSN’T MISS
Set against the background of the 1986 Mexico World Cup This is Not Berlin throws together a cast of creative misfits who are trying to change themselves, or the world, into something that works better for them. The drama is serious without being somber as sobriety is thrown up into the gutter during the … Continue reading