Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom the team that bought us ‘Shank’ the first winner of the Roger Walker-Dack Award for Emerging Artists in Queer Cinema comes this gritty prison drama about Jack, a convicted Priest, who all the other inmates round on because they wrongly assume he’s a pedophile. Already deserted by the Church and now totally alone he has to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis wonderful insight to the heavily entrenched traditions of the archaic British class system that prevailed for centuries tells the story of a privileged elite set of young men as they deal with the elaborate rituals at one of the countries most prestigious Public Schools (what the Brits call Private Schools). The story set in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn the 1960’s when Phil Spector ruled American pop music, we Brits crowned Joe Meek as our king. They were both very similar people. Flamboyant eccentrics bordering on insane monsters and complete control freaks dependent on heavy drug use and exploiting young unknown talents, they were geniuses nonetheless. We learn in this intriguing bio-pic of his life, that Meek … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOver 12 months the Director followed this passable good-looking rent boy whose best asset was almost 9’ long. Sadly he’s not exactly bright, has an irritating personality, a loud mouth, and even more annoying are his group of extremely unattractive twinky rent boy friends. The best bits were when Pete was naked, but not necessarily … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor the ‘NY Times’ to review a ‘gay’ movie is far too rare an occurrence but when A.O Scott, its senior Critic, goes one step further and gives one a rave review, then you know that that this is no ordinary film. This wee British movie that went on to be a multi-award winner was shot … Continue reading
