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Ernesto : a teenager wanders around Rome looking for ‘himself’.

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    Ernesto the debut movie by Italian couple  Alice De Luca and Giacomo Raffaelli makes too many demands on the viewer.  This experimental wee film shakily shot on a handheld camera and that contains long sections of silence,  and a muddled narrative, requires a great deal of patience to keep viewing until the final credits It’s … Continue reading




Everybody’s TalkIng About Jaime : an exuberant queer Brit musical that everybody will love to talk about

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  Everybody will really be talking about Jaime the moment they see this feel-good queer coming-of-age movie that is such an excellent adaption of the hit West End Musical. It’s an exuberant gay fairy tale of a 16-year-old teenager from a blue-collar northern British town who overcomes prejudice, beats the bullies, and steps out of … Continue reading



Fire Song

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Even as queer cinema continues to keep evolving it is still something of a surprise to discover yet another new barrier has been broken with the first movie from an unexpected provenance. Writer/director Adam Garnet Jones has done just that by setting and actually making his feature film, a very tender coming-of-age drama, in a First Nation reservation … Continue reading



First glimpse of Cannes Grand Prix Winner CLOSE : a remarkably tender coming-of-age story from Lukas Dhont

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  This trailer for CLOSE from A24  Films landed in Queerguru’s intray the morning and went straight on to our MUST SEE List.  Not because it has just won this year’s CANNES GRAND PRIX  (ad rave reviews) but because we were immediately drawn into this remarkable tender and touching coming-of-age story. Leo and Remi are … Continue reading



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