Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCelebrated Italian queer theater and film director Andrea Adriatico’s latest movie is a biopic of Mario Mieli who was a leading figure in the Italian gay movement of the 1970s. Mieli may be little known outside of Italy but his fascinating colorful life that abruptly ended when he was just 30 years old, makes … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTwo middle-aged married couples are sharing the same villa on the Italian Riviera as they have done every summer for some years now. Psychologist Matteo is happily married to his wife Francesca and they have an eight year old daughter, whereas Diego and his wife Shary have separated and re-united so many times, that everyone, including … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesErnesto 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis delightfully eccentric queer Italian comedy is from married couple writer Sebastiano Mauri making his directing debut and starring his husband and co-writer Filippo TImi. Fairytale is adapted from a theatrical production of the same name which Timi also wrote and starred in and which premièred in 2011 to great acclaim. This last point is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s New Year Eve in Rome, and Adelchi is fussing around his apartment making sure everything is just perfect as he has a hot date. He’s been chatting online with Claudio for some time now ….. or has he? Turns out that his intended is rather an introvert so his room-mate sister has been pretending … Continue reading