queertiques
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We are still waiting for François Ozon’s brilliant new movie THE STRANGER to be released in the US
Any new film from the French queer auteur François Ozon is a major event for the Queerguru team. He is considered one of the most important directors in the new “New Wave” in French cinema, along with Jean-Paul Civeyrac, Philippe Ramos, and Yves Caumon We have been following his work, since his Fassbinder adaptation Water Drops on Burning Rocks (Gouttes d’eau sur…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘THE LIBRARIANS’ on the scary rise of rampant book censorship from the Far Right
N.B. We are re-releasing Jose Mayogas review of Kim A Snyder’s excellent doc as it currently streaming FREE on PBS Indepenednt Lens It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury The documentary feature directed by Kim A. Snyder…
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Mat Hayes is the writer and star of SHAFTED a charming, relatable award-winning queer drama about a close encounter in an elevator
; Reading the resume of Mat Hayes is tiring : he’s a multi-award-winning filmmaker, actor, activist, and musician. We are researching him as he has written and starred in a delightful new short film about an awkward encounter when he (Joel) is trapped in a broken-down elevator with another cute man (Rafi). When he realises…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘ACTS OF LOVE’ about a New Age Christian community in rural Denmark
There is a legend in Greenland about the sun and the moon that pursues him, which is the subject of this film by Jeppe Ronde, which is based on real memories. The film is full of symbolism, a beautiful landscape in rural Denmark, a religious sect (New Age Christian community), a house with a corridor…
