Queerguru’s Richard Gilles is in raptures about 1997 BIG BANG FASHION at Palais Galliera, Paris

    From 7 March to 16 July 2023, the Palais Galliera is organizing an exhibition focusing on the year 1997, a watershed year in the history of contemporary fashion.  Queerguru’s own Paris-based Contributing Editor Richard Gilles,  with camera in hand, couldn’t wait to see what all the fuss is about : here’s his 1st … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Richard Gilles is in raptures over Jacques Audiard’s ‘Paris 13th District’

    Jacques Audiard’s 13th District is a strange, fascinating movie, with the definite touch of a great film director, a mysterious painting set in dreamy aesthetics, a shadow floating through the light, a black and white journey between Love, Lust, and Lightness. 13th District is the photography of bursting new lives, of young human … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Richard Gilles reviews FULL TIME (aka À plein temps) a film by Eric Gravel

    Full-time is an achievement of realistic cinema at its pinnacle.   In this film, writer/director Eric Gravel directs a lonely heroine burning herself out between work and bringing two young children during a general strike in France, reminiscing of the most recent 2019 general strike.   The result is a strong and realistic … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Richard Gilles reviews PEACEFUL starring two giants of the French cinema

    In Peaceful, writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot gives the lion’s share to two giants of the French cinema, Mademoiselle Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. A story within the story: in real life, Catherine Deneuve suffered from a stroke during a scene in a hospital and it took two years for the film to be finished. There … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Richard Gilles reviews WE (NOUS) another innovative film by Alice Diop

  Alice Diop films the suburb where she grew up and still lives, crossed by a suburban train line, the common thread of her 4th documentary, Us. This unifying title sums up the ethics of the film director for whom the stories of immigrants who freshly arrived in France, and the identity of the host … Continue reading

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