queertiques
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘The Judgment’ : an excellent Egyptian film about the trauma and self-hate caused by religious homophobia.
Many queer people who’ve had a strict religious upbringing have a tough time reconciling their queerness with the twisted homophobic indoctrination they received in their younger years. This applies to all religions and leads to a lot of unnecessary fear and guilt which affects love and sex lives across the world. The…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ALL THE FIRES a meditation on solitude, acceptance and overcoming fears while playing with fire.
Bruno (Sebastian Rojano) is a melancholic teenager living in Mexico City with his mother Inés (Ximena Ayala). From his bedroom he uploads home videos, chats with his friend Ian (Ari López) and with Daniela (Natalia Quiroz) an online acquaintance in Durango that he doesn’t know in person yet. Pyromaniac Bruno likes to make little fires with…
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First preview of Sophie Dupuis’s queer drama “SOLO” set in Montreal’s Drag Scene + starring Félix Maritaud & Théodore Pellerin
Queerguru became a major fan of French actor Félix Maritaud who’s breakthrough performance in Robin Campillo’s ‘120 BPM‘ which picked up 50 Awards include 3 from Cannes. Maritaud followed that up one year later in 2018 with a stunning performance starring in Sauvage/Wild for which he won Best Newcomer Award at Cannes. We…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “GAY USA” first American feature-length documentary by and about LGBTQ+ people.from 1977
Step back in time to another era of queer life with the relaunch of Gay USA, the seminal 1977 documentary on the huge Pride protests/celebrations of that summer. Now digitally remastered, Arthur J Bressan Jr.’s iconic time-capsule film was the first documentary by queer people about queer people. Gay USA saw 25 photographers/interviewers…
