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QUEERGURU reviews SURFACING the debut feature film by Canadian actor CHRISTIAN SMITH
In his native Canada, actor, writer, sketch Comedian and Improviser CHRISTIAN SMITH is known as the co-Creator of the CBC Digital Comedy, Soul Decision Comedy and one half of YouTube darlings Christian & Nat, so its odd to us that for his feature film directing debut, he would choose SURFACING. It’s a story about dysfunctional families and…
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Queerguru checks out “THOSE SACRED VOWS ” a new queer comedy/drama TV series from Ireland
Queer Irish filmmaker John Butler first came on our radar with his enchanting coming-of-age movie HANDSOME DEVIL about two very likable 16-year-old boys in an Irish Boarding School. It seemed to sidestep some of the grittier aspects of homophobia to ensure that the end result is an engaging feel-good movie that the LGBT community made…
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FilmPride is Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival : available globally by livestream worldwide
Coming on the heels of the Independent Spirit Awards (kind of like the Oscars for indie movies) we’re excited to discover another Queer Film Fest dedicated to indie films. FilmPride is Brighton & Hove’s LGBTQ+ Film Festival …. (many locals like to refer to the town as ‘London By The Sea’ ). It’s a volunteer-run…
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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…
