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rants and raves of the best & worst of queer cinema


UNTOLD : The Deal With The Devil : the story of lesbian boxer Christy Martin

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  Frankly, we will admit that a TV program about sports is not something that usually gets a second look from the Queerguru Editorial team.  However, Netflix’s new series of standalone documentaries called UNTOLD had one particular episode that caught our attention. Netflix promotes the series as taking a hard-hitting look at sports stories, and … Continue reading



Queerguru reviews DEATH AND BOWLING : with a trans cast and a trans sensibility

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  Trans filmmaker Lyel Kash’s directorial/writing debut Death and Bowling that is having its world premiere at OUTFEST Film Fest in LA is an extraordinary achievement.  Not just because in a groundbreaking move Kash cast all the roles in the movie with transgender actors, but his spiritual drama gives a very personal insight which we … Continue reading



Bridesman : a new comic web series from Grindr

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  Grindr the world’s biggest gay hookup app/site has not always enjoyed a particularly good reputation beyond its users.  In 2017, when it was owned by the Chinese gaming company Kunlin, its president  Scott Chen commented “Some think marriage is between a man and a woman. I think so, too, but it’s a personal matter.”  … Continue reading



From Queerguru Archives : the delightful TEDDY BEAR a Sundance Winner in 2012

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  This is the story of Dennis (Kim Kold) a Danish middle-aged pumped-up 6′ 5″ bodybuilder who weighs in at 305 lbs but still lives at home with his diminutive shrew of a mother who bullies him like mad.  After Dennis’s old Uncle Bent (Allan Mogensen) marries his new young Thai bride it sets him off … Continue reading



Queerguru reviews THE BEST FAMILIES a comedy of errors by Javier Fuentes-León (Undertow)

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  Its been 12 years since Peruvian writer/director Javier Fuentes-León’s award-winning queer fantasy/romance  UNDERTOW grabbed all our attention. Not just because an LGBTQ film from his country is still a rarity but because it was such a remarkable and wonderful ghost story.  This tale of a married fisherman who struggles to reconcile his devotion to … Continue reading



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