queertiques
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17 Years Later its the sequel of the BOY CULTURE the hit sex work romance
17 years is a long time in calendar years but so much more in gay years. That’s the time it took to get a sequel of Boy Culture the multi-award-winning story of a gay male escort from filmmaker Q. Allan Brocka. In 2006 the escort X (Derek Magyar) was balancing complicated relationships with his…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews APOLONIA APOLONIA a documentary by Lea Glob at the London Film Festival
At times this documentary, filmed over a 13-year period by Lea Glob, seems suspiciously perfect. Centered on Apolonia Sokol, an enigmatic and beautiful artist, with a life full of bohemian tragedy, who the camera lovingly captures with her asymmetric haircut and perpetually half-smoked cigarette. It’s almost too curated, like a film rather than a…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ASOG that follows Jaya non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame in the Philippines.
For some people, the description of this movie will read like a nonprofit funding application. It covers climate change, colonialism, poverty, and trans issues. It ticks a lot of progressive boxes. And that would be to completely miss that it is also an irreverent, and sometimes very beautiful mix of magical realism storytelling and…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews A BIG GAY HAIRY HIT : WHERE THE BEARS ARE Documentary
Calling all bears, admirers, and allies. Cult web series Where The Bears Are is celebrated in Eduardo Aquino’s fabulous new documentary A Big Gay Hairy Hit – Where the Bears Are. This funny, heartfelt documentary tells the story of how three Hollywood film industry bears, tired of the lack of visibility of burly…
