Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEvery January for the past few years the Queerguru team have gotten together to review our film reviews of the year. We focus on all LGBTQ movies but particularly try to see as many Transgender documentaries and feature films that get released. We are thrilled to discover that each year there are more and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his third feature film 30 year old queer Argentinian filmmaker Nicolás Teté revisits the theme of ‘coming out’. It’s obviously a subject that weighs very seriously with him which may be a reflection of his own personal journey. This the story of Manual (Facundo Gambandé) an architecture student in Buenos Aires. We first … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGoodbye Mother is one of those cases of don’t judge a Book (or in this case movie) but its cover. Having wrongly assumed that this was a straightforward story of a closeted gay man taking a boyfriend home to Vietnam for the first time, and being forced to choose between his conservative family, or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHow do you make an intimate documentary when your subject refuses to be photographed? Ask Reiner Holzemer who hot from his acclaimed profile on Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten he turned his attention one of Noten’s peers Martin Margiela. To be honest it was Margiela’s demand was hardly news to Holzemer as he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe final mainstream TV Holiday LGBTQ movie Queerguru is reviewing this season comes from the Lifetime Channel. It’s known for its crowd-pleasing programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles. On this occasion the star is Fran Drescher known for all those years playing The Nanny, and she is cast … Continue reading
