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rants and raves of the best & worst of queer cinema


Queerguru reviews UNICORNS where a sexual awakening can blossom into a touching queer romance

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    This third feature film from Welsh/Egyptian  filmmaker Sally El-Hosaini continues her concern with gender/sexual identity that she explored so beautifully in My Brother The Devil.  She has also set UNICORNS in present day UK where the younger members of immigrant families feel stuck in the middle of two different cultures that are unsure … Continue reading



Lover of Men :The Untold Story of Abraham Lincoln : a new doc spills the beans

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    It cannot be stressed enough the importance of  the Stonewall Riots and the part they played in bringing homosexuality out of the dark and into society. Since then being accepted in all levels of the general population has gone a very long way, albeit the path seemed like a roller coaster ride at … Continue reading



Stories from My Gay Grandparents …. who come out of the closet after 50 years faking “straight”

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    Queerguru must admit that when it comes to being queer we do often worry about some Canadian’s take on it.   We were going to head north after previewing the latest queer TV dating show FARMING FOR LOVE  from Canada but this new web series is making us rethink as this may be more … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews SISI AND I : the fatal life story of the Empress of Austria

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      A bewitching association of the Sleeping Beauty tale  and the Austro-Hungary Empress through the eyes of the lady-in-waiting. Lights on it is showtime, literally and as a metaphor of what we are going to watch in this fictional story with a queer twist based on the life and death of Duchess Elisabeth … Continue reading



We can never get enough of IAN MCKELLAN unquestionably the greatest living queer actor (and one of our finest activists}

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    Sir Ian McKellan  (or Serena as Stephen Fry dubbed him) is unquestionably the greatest living queer actor.  And one of the best  and most successful activists the LGBTQ+ community has ever enjoyed.  He may have been 47 years old when he ‘came out‘ publicly but what he has  managed to squeeze into his … Continue reading



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