queertiques
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Queerguru reviews FAIRYLAND an excellent film about a gay dad and his daughter growing up in SF in the 70s and 80s
Although it’s over 30 years since the AIDS pandemic decimated the queer community it’s still a very raw memory for so many of us. In the new millennium, we were inundated with fictional movies on the subject, and the majority of them were appalling. Sensationalized, morbid, alarmist, and even excuses to promote rampant homophobia. …
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE MOVIES at Queer East Festival, London
The UK’s excellent Queer East Film Festival kicks off again next week. The main festival runs from 18 – 30th April across eight venues in London before a nationwide tour from September to November across 10 cities. The exciting line-up combines contemporary feature films, documentaries, short films, virtual reality and dance productions. 50…
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The Cannes Award Winning THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS is the bromance you will not want to miss
\ Last May ‘The Eight Mountains’ a new movie about the bonds of male friendship won the prestigious Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival. Now this film from Charlotte Vandermeersch and Oscar-nominated Belgian filmmaker Felix van Groeningen will finally receive a proper release stateside, opening in NYC on April 28 and LA on…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews PORNOMELANCHOLIA a documentary not for all tastes but which makes a statement on contemporary movie making.
\ Cinema, reality, and fiction combined in this extremely well-crafted film, also photographed and written by Argentinian director Manuel Abramovich, with a screenplay in collaboration with Fernando Krapp and Pio Longo. Pornomelancholia is a compelling portrait of loneliness in the times of social media where there is no place for privacy. It is a…
