Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAndrogynous punk Sebastian works stacking paint cans in a warehouse by day and at night lives in a cramped messy apartment with his lesbian friend Lea. He is intensely broody and unhappy with practically everything in his life especially his gender, and spends his time in a haze of drugs, drink and hanging out in gay bars … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEric Schaeffer’s refreshing and enchanting drama about three 20 year-olds looking for love in a small backwater town in Kentucky gently challenges us to suspend our preconceived views on gender labels and be as open to what happens as these lovelorn kids are. Ricky is a confident and determined transgendered young woman who is marking … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKarim Ainouz’s mesmerising melancholic drama starts and ends in a very similar fashion. In the opening scenes we see two motorbikers racing across the sand dunes and when they reach the end of the beach discard their bikes and clothes and run off into the high rolling waves. They soon get caught in riptides and despite … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTwo weeks after his Albanian mother has drunk herself to death, 15 year old Danny with a lollipop stuck in his mouth and his white pet rabbit crammed into his backpack, takes the Ferry from his home on Crete to go to Athens to break the news to his brother who now lives there. Danny … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis enchanting debut feature from Mexican writer/director Sergio Tovar Velarde is essentially 4 stories about love and heartbreak from 4 different generations of men and they all share a common theme of self-acceptance. The youngest and most tenderest of the group is a shy 11 year old called Maurizio who develops a crush on Oliver his … Continue reading
