Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews WE WILL NEVER DIE : a disappointing queer cat & mouse drama

\     A series of 5 episodes of approx 20 min each directed by Tor Iben We Will Never Die begins quoting Portuguese writer Fernando Pessoa: We live on desire, what we see is not what we see, it is what we are.  Set in Rhodes, Greece, and Germany the plot, an international gay … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews YOU CAN’T STAY HERE the latest drama by TODD VEROW

  LOVE IS SUCH AN EASY THING. EASY TO GIVE, HARD TO TAKE… A fiction inspired by actual events, the film begins with Rick (Guillermo Díaz) reading to his son the tale of Orpheus and Eurydice from the First book of Mythology and ends with Blood (that leaves a stain)  and out of focus. The … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews YOUNG HEARTS a tender story of young queer love that premiered at Berlinale

FIRST LOVE LIGHTS THE FIRE IN YOUR HEART, SWEET LIKE HONEY, SENDS YOU SPINNING AROUND… This fictional story begins with a man singing those lyrics, and they introduce us to the young hearts of the protagonists. Fourteen-year-old Eli as (Lou Goossens) is growing up in a nice European family and has the loving care of … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ALL THE SILENCE a touching story about trying to live without sound

        Miriam  is the daughter of hearing impaired parents,  a sign language  teacher daytime and by night,  an  actress rehearsing as  Arkadina in  Anton Chejov´s The Seagull.  She lives in Mexico City, shares home and is in love with Lola. The film is an Intimate and powerful drama directed by Diego del … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews CIURÉ , the debut feature of Gianpiero Puno. “Life in suburban Palermo can be tough”

    A whimsical sequence of a child´s hands playing under a sheet bathed by the morning light, after what seems to have been a short night sleep ,and a tired bearded man waking up completely. The joyful father/son moment transforms into a rush since the kid is late for school and the father takes … Continue reading

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