Month: February 2021

  • Pedro Almodovar “The Human Voice”

    Pedro Almodovar “The Human Voice”

        For his very first film in English the acclaimed Spanish film auteur Pedro Almodovar directs Tilda Swinton in The Human Voice a short drama loosely based on a play by Jean Cocteau.  It may be one of Almodovar shortest pieces shot in just 10 days last summer, but it is also one of…

  • National Theatre award-winning ANGELS IN AMERICA now streaming online

    National Theatre award-winning ANGELS IN AMERICA now streaming online

      The UK’s National Theater at Home has just added to their online repertoire Tony Kushner’s queer masterpiece Angels In America.  This is the National’s multi-award winning production from 2017 and which won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Revival  in London , and when it transferred to Broadway it collected  three Tony’s including Best…

  • A sublime Russell Tovey plays straight in The Sister

    A sublime Russell Tovey plays straight in The Sister

      Queerguru’s own take on ‘pay for gay‘ actors is on a case by case argument.  Whereas we are adamant about transactors playing trans  roles, but when it comes to gay men and gay roles we take a more fluid approach.  Most of this is based on the fact we believe it should be the…

  • Will Smith hosts Netflix docu-series AMEND on the 14th Amendment

    Will Smith hosts Netflix docu-series AMEND on the 14th Amendment

      Will Smith is both Executive Producer and Host of a brand new Netflix documentary series, Amend: The Fight for America It will explore explores the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution as the nation’s most enduring hallmark of democracy. This is the Amendment ratified in 1868, promised equal protection of the laws to all…

  • Im Moshanty: Do You Love Me?

    Im Moshanty: Do You Love Me?

      Queer filmmaker Tim Wolff’s delightful documentary of the larger-than-life singer/activist Moshanty is quite the wee gem. It is not only an affectionate  tribute to one of Papua New Guinea’s most famous citizens, but an insightful glimpse into how she is treated as a transgender in this fiercely conservative Christian country. Before we even meet…