Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter2016 is going to be a good year to look at the work of the celebrated controversial photographer Robert Mapplethorpe. First there is a brand new documentary by the prolific gay filmmakers Fenton Bailey & Randy Barbato (‘Party Monster’ ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’) called Mapplethorpe : Look at the Pictures . It had … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIt takes some people much longer than others to make a comeback after they had a very public fall from grace, but now after a couple of false starts Pee Wee Herman (aka Paul Reubens) is finally back on our screens where he belongs. March 16th sees the World Premiere of ‘Pee-Wees Big Holiday’ movie at SXSW Film … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you cannot get to the BFI Flare Film Festival on London’s Southbank (shame on you!) then the nice people that organize the event are actually giving you a chance to watch five short movies at home free of charge. The BFI have got together with The British Council to launch fiveFilms4freedom, an online mini … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterBFI Flare London’s LGBT Film Festival celebrates its 30th Edition this month with one of their most exciting and eclectic programs to date and it is the reason that we are packing our party clothes to catch the Virgin Atlantic plane back across the Pond to indulge in 12 days of real queer cinematic treats. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterTomorrow, March 12th 2016 at the SXSW Film Festival in Austin Texas there is the North American Premiere of an extraordinary new LGBT movie called LOEV. This debut feature from writer/director Sudhanshu Saria is set in India where homosexuality is still illegal and so the whole movie had to be made on the ‘down-low’. This gentle ground-breaking … Continue reading
