Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews the French queer drama ‘ DON’T LOOK DOWN’

  In one night full of intriguing glances in a very small apartment with a glorious of Paris, four gay men and a woman get along and learn a little of each other while. Their being together has a specific purpose and one that bounds them all. The viewer gets hints by some action off-camera, since … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews The Hottest Summer (L’ Estate piu Calda)

A fiction set in Sicily in a Roman Catholic context. During record-breaking hot summer days,  charismatic and handsome soon-to-be-priest deacon Don Nicola (Gianmarco Saurino) visits the small villa and catches the eye and interest of volunteers at the church camp and close friends Valentina (Alice Angelica) and Lucia (Nicole Damiani).  Don Nicola´s allure is like … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews THE JUDGEMENT : the journey of a gay couple in love in homophobic Egypt

  “Egypt, where to live between fantasy and reality almost doesn’t exist” The call for the Muslim prayer out loud in the streets of Alexandria, Egypt seems like the background music of this fictional dark tale of two young men in love.      It is June 2020.Mo -Mohamed- (Junes Zahdi) and Hisham  (Freddy Shahin) … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews The Latent Image a British queer thriller

  A fiction into a fiction where strangers share time and space, not knowing their intentions. A log cabin in the woods, a typewriter machine, a handy camera film, and sharp objects complement each other in this tale of sexual desire and danger.  Ben (Joshua Tonks) is a writer in need of insight to tell … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ‘The Lost Boys  (Le Paradis)’ where to fall in love is against the rules

  A sequence of still images of a place that seems to be a mansion into the woods introduces us to lonely Joe (Khalil Gharbia) wearing a red t-shirt.  After a while we learn the residence is a juvenile reform center.  Joe has Arab roots and shards of memories with his mother walking on a … Continue reading

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