Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt’s dawn in Paris, Yann a middle-aged gay man is walking home when he spots a cute young man lying in the gutter. Turns out he’s drunk and an American tourist. The street is in the 4th Arrondissement and is called Rue des Mauvais Garcons : hence the movie title. Next morning the boy wakes up and cannot remember … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideChristian Petzold’s latest thriller is set in 1980 in the ‘bad old days’ of East Germany when everybody was totally paranoid as seemingly everyone was being watched. Even the watchers themselves. Barbara, a real cold fish, is a Doctor who has been banished from Berlin for some unspecified misdemeanor and forced by the Authorities to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideKate & Bill are contemplating taking one last family holiday together to save their empty and emotionless marriage. That night they talk on the phone to Sam their 18 year old son who’s away at College and he seems quiet and more distant than usual, but they just put it down to him trying to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrancois is one of the unhappiest self-loathing closeted gay men I have ever seen on film. He’s a middle-aged South African who is first seen celebrating his daughter’s wedding in what appears to be a happy family. He is cold and matter of fact with his wife, but that almost seemed like a natural state of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is one very absurd quirky wee movie about the making of a no-holds barred movie that wants a young couple to make their feelings visible, and to portray love by showing full-one sex. This is not however pornographic on any level, despite some of the very explicit scenes, and to be perfectly frank … Continue reading