Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer filmmaker Lisa Donato who is known for her short films got her first feature film directing job from actress Yeardley Smith. Smith who was both producing and starring in Gossamer Fold, has a reputation as a good ally of the LGBTQ community. She chose well as Donato’s debut turned to be one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGermany’s pernicious Paragraph 1675, was part of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions, the provision also criminalized bestiality as well as forms of prostitution and underage sexual abuse. All in all, around 140,000 men were convicted under the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPoor Greta Garbo would turn over in her (lesbian) grave if she knew how her name was being taken in vain in this rather turgid queer Brazilian drama. Its the feature film debut of writer/director Armando Praça who claims he adapted it from a stage comedy, in which we think he means he drained … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Bruno (Richard García) broke up from Norberto (Eugenio Sanz ) he ran away from the Madrid home they shared together and ended up in Iceland. Now after a lengthy silence from Bruno, his worried ex-lover turns up unexpectedly in Reykjavik to check up on him, only to discover that he has completely disappeared off-the-grid. He reports … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEnrique (Esai Morales) returns home to the Bronx after a lengthy spell in prison to discover that Angela (Judy Reyes) his wife is distant, to say the least, and his son Michael (Harmony Santana) is now a transgender woman and known as Vanessa. None of this sits well with headstrong Enrique who views these changes … Continue reading