Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSince 1996 when East Palace, West Palace was the first Mainland Chinese movie with an explicitly homosexual theme was released, there have been very few films to follow its lead. Like with MONEYBOYS it is deemed too unsafe to make Chinese queer film actually in situ, so filmmakers such as Taiwan/Austrian C.B. Yi use … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer Cambodian/Chinese filmmaker Hong Khaou’s sophomore movie that draws heavily from his own past unfolds at the slowest of paces in a very similar style as his debut film Lilting. This time the story is about a British/Vietnamese man going back to his birthplace for the first time since he was 6 years old … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMoonlight is probably the most exquisite and understated LGBT coming of age story to hit our screens for years. Light on plot and even sparse on dialogue, it nevertheless packs a powerful punch showing the inner turmoil of an African/American youth coming to terms with his own sexuality as he grows up in one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTwenty-something-year-olds Lukas, Mia and Jonas have been best friends since their childhood, but then three years ago this all changed. They fell in love with each other and became a very happy menage-a-trois. They decried society’s contempt for their unusual relationship and became totally committed to each other even though it meant making a break … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMorgan is a twentysomething year old who used to be a good basketball player and a champion cyclist with a lot of things going for him before the accident. During a road race last year he gambled on a dangerous manoeuvre which left him paralysed from the waist down and now he simply spends all … Continue reading