Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe former Newsweek investigative journalist turned filmmaker David France’s third documentary is one of the most harrowing depictions of contemporary LGBTQ life that we will ever have to sit through. Fortunately France and his team are skilled enough to tell the stories with such heartfelt compassion that we don’t just feel like voyeurs but … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesForty-something-year old Maurice has forsaken his hometown of Paris where he was successful actor and landed up in North Bay a remote small town in Northern Ontario where is regarded as something of an exotic enigma. His French accent wins him compliments but his insistence on still keeping to some of his big city habits … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlice and Frank have been married for 18 years and are moving with their three children (and Taski their pet rabbit) to a new apartment in the Swiss countryside. From the outside they seem like the perfect nuclear family but as they arrange their furniture and settle into their new home, Alice notices that her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Edith in the title of this movie is the creation of German actor/writer/director Ades Zabel who has a quite a cult following in Berlin’s BKA Theater where ‘she’ usually performs with her Company in full drag. In this micro-budget comedy Edith and her two best friends Brigitte “Biggy” Wuttke (Biggy van Blond) and Jutta Hartmann (Bob … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEven though German/Turkish Ibo (Cem Alkan) has graduated with a good degree in business studies he simply cannot land a job. He still lives at home with his conservative traditional parents and his younger sister in their small apartment in Berlin. He does some part-time work in a sex shop which he keeps a secret from … Continue reading