Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is the rather gritty story of a hip very young gay couple in Chicago’s ‘Boystown’ coming to terms with how tough one’s first love can be. Kurt is a small time drug dealer who supplies pot to his peers, whilst Paul his boyfriend of two years has a dead-end job in a local grocery … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is a filmed adaptation of celebrated British playwright David Storey’s stage play that opened in London Royal Court Theatre in 1969. Storey was a leading exponent of ‘kitchen sink drama’ which in the late 1960’s atypically was a style of social realism which often depicted the domestic situations of working-class Britons living in terraced … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn From The Side is a rare genre of queer movies. It’s a love story set in a gay rugby club. Brit filmmaker Matt Carter’s story is about winning and losing …… on the rugby field and in the bedroom, and it is an enchanting compelling tale that will have you transfixed until the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSeven months after Chip Hines’s mother died in childbirth, Cody his father, to his complete surprise fell in love again. With a man. Joey Williams was a local Tennessean but he was also Chinese American, nevertheless Cody’s Southern parents and sibling welcomed this new addition to the family. and he soon became Chip’s second dad. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust when I thought that I had already been completely shocked into a stupefying daze by all the hard-hitting realism of a whole slate of compelling movies at MIFF this week, I saw INCENDIES which totally blew my mind. This French Canadian movie that only last week won no less than 8 Genies (Canada’s Oscars) … Continue reading