Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques‘Coming Out” is a unique part of queer history being the first and only gay feature film made in East Germany. And if that is not enough, it actually premiered on November 9th 1989 …. the day the Berlin Wall fell. The story centers on a young teacher Philipp (Matthias Freihof) who enters a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis very first LGBT movie made in Slovenia makes for very scary viewing. This debut feature from filmmaker Darko Stante is a brutal twist on a coming out tale that is both compelling and and also shockingly violent. It’s the tale of Andrej (an exceptionally talented Matej Zemljic) a dispirited teenager who drifts from one … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPoor sixteen year old David is really on his own. His father has left the family home to live with his mistress which means his alcoholic mother now stops hiding the drink and just gets off her face every day; his elder brother moves out and in with his girlfriend, and his younger sister never comes home. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt seems somewhat obligatory these days that every high school teen comedy that comes out of Hollywood must have a gay character. ‘Date and Switch’ is no exception, and it’s about two best buddies who have to cope with the fact that one suddenly announces he prefers boys to girls. And this is where you … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOut-gay filmmaker David Freyne returns to his native Kildare in Ireland for the his latest film a delightful coming-out comedy that has a more than a passing reference to his own story . Set in 1995 a period Freyne comments was a time when so many films about being gay focused on people dying … Continue reading