Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis debut feature from German filmmaker Jules Herrmann is rather a puzzling mixture of styles and techniques that ensure that this is no ordinary thriller. The story starts with the unannounced arrival of Antik Liebmann (Godehard Giese) a forty-something school teacher who turns up to spend the summer in a rented apartment in a small French town. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAn overweight teenage schoolboy with an alcoholic father and an absent colorful mother takes up the Korean version of sumo wrestling to win the big prize to pay for the sex-change operation that he so wants. He has an infectious personality that helps win over his doubting teammates who physically tower over him ….. but it … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThirty-something-year-old gay couple Mark and Jonah’s relationship is already looking shaky when they go out with their best friends to celebrate Mark’s latest birthday. The evening doesn’t quite turn as planned when the friends announce that for the next three months leading up to their wedding they are allowing each other licence to have final flings. The … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJunn is a rather disgruntled 60-something year old Chinese woman who has been co-oreced against her will into moving into a care facility for Seniors by Kai her son. The opening scenes of this wee British drama see the unhappy mother berating her only child for her present predicament which is exasperated by the fact … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesNY based Filipino trans filmmaker Isobel Sandoval’s heart-wrenching third feature film is sadly one of those tales of the moment that seem like they can never end well. Its the story of Olivia (played by Sandoval) who is an undocumented Filipino caregiver who looks after Olga an elderly Russian Jewish women (Lynn Cohen) in … Continue reading