Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThere has always been an eclectic approach to the programming of the prestigious Miami Film Festival to account for the very diverse community that now calls the city home these days. As well being a major showcase for important new Latino movies, it has also been a welcome home for innovative queer cinema. This year (The Festival’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe announcement was made earlier today that openly gay Brit heartthrob actor 36-year-old Russell Tovey, star of Looking and Quantico, and more recently Angels in America at the National Theater, has just got engaged to his very handsome boyfriend Steve Brockman. Initially, press reports identified Brockman as an ex-Rugby coach who is now a personal … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe British Royal Family have traditionally always avoided public involvement with the LGBT community, although there is a whole raft of stories about behind the scenes at the Palace with the late Queen Mother being surrounded by a whole bevy of gay footmen and servants. The arrival of the 25-year-old Princess Diana, however, changed all that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterCheck out the stunning trailer below of Daisy Asquiths‘ QUEERAMA: A Century of Gay Rights and Desires on Film which is a must-see for any movie buff who is into celebrating our LGBTQ history in the cinema. The BFI (British Film Institute) has just announced that the film will now be released on DVD on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPosted with permission from AFP Gay cinema pioneer Rupert Everett said his new biopic about legendary literary dandy Oscar Wilde captures him as a “Christ-like” figure who sacrificed himself for the future global LBGTQ rights movement. Everett penned, directed and starred in his years-long passion project about the flamboyant 19th-century Irish writer, “The Happy Prince“, … Continue reading
