queertiques
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SWEATMEAT by Bart Hess : two Bodies are locked in a fight choreography with a sweet prize
This very short film SWEETMEAT from Dutch artist Bart Hess really appealed to Queerguru Editor, who has an insatiable appetite for candy (amongst other things). In the film, Hess frames a playful performance at the intersection of machismo and homoeroticism as two opponents lock bodies. Engaged in a fight choreography, while eating sweets from each…
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Brian J Smith’s love letter to queer life on Fire Island ‘A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO’ is now streaming online
Queerguru first talked to actor-turned-filmmaker Brian J Smith about his debut behind the camera, which is his love letter to Fire Islandmwhen the film premiered 2 years ago. We are revisiting the interview now that A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO is streaming on line The place is evocative to so many queers around…
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Discovering ‘DARK BL’ : a new genre of queer films from Asia
Even though Queerguru can consider itself quite knowledgeable when it comes to the terminology used within the LGBTQA+ community, every day we are reminded that we do not know everything. Like today, when there is an email idling in our inbox that talks about Dark BL. It appears that Dark BL refers to Boys’ Love…
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Queerguru´s Ris Fatah reviews ‘TOO DESI TOO QUEER’ the LGBTQ section of The London Indian Film Festival, to be shown at venues around the UK.
Europe´s largest South Asian Film Festival, The London Indian Film Festival, has a queer section. Too Desi Too Queer features a range of ground-breaking short films and documentaries which celebrate and amplify South Asian queer lives. Highlights of the six-film programme for me include the cute Ruse, a short film about three teenage girls…
