Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJavi (newcomer Néstor Goenaga) comes to the Sauna Popular in search of work in order to enable his dream of becoming a singer to come true. Unfortunately, the business is going through hard times, and so Asun (Antonia San Juan), can only offer him menial work. Javi is not there long before … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSpanish filmmaking duo David Matamoros and Ángeles Hernández swap their usual roles of producers to become the co-directors and writers of his intriguing queer melodrama. Adapted from a very successful stage play, it is the story of two very different married couples who are quite ruthless in pursuing their own desires. Two close childhood … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe opening scenes of Mascarpone, a new queer dramady from co-directors Alessandro Guida and Matteo Pilati, is set to send shivers down the backs of quite a few gay men in long-term relationships. A rather oblivious Antonio (Giancarlo Commare) is abruptly told by his long-time husband Lorenzo (Carlo Calderone) that their marriage is over as … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAs audiences, we are used to perceiving cinema as a coming together of various structural units – a story that has a beginning, a middle, and an ending. The director duo of Isidore Bethel and Francis Leplay are on a mission to dismantle this belief of ours. Their project Acts of Love is full … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques\ Cinema, reality, and fiction combined in this extremely well-crafted film, also photographed and written by Argentinian director Manuel Abramovich, with a screenplay in collaboration with Fernando Krapp and Pio Longo. Pornomelancholia is a compelling portrait of loneliness in the times of social media where there is no place for privacy. It is a … Continue reading