Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDespite the title’s reference to the original vogue movie Paris is Burning this French documentary serves up a vibrantly haphazard fresh slice of chic. It builds on, rather than just borrows from, the African American ballroom scene. If you like your intersectionality joyful, human and juicy rather than dry, theoretical and earnest this stiletto … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis crowd-pleaser Italian rom-com is the tale of two polar opposite families who have unwitting been brought together for a summer vacation because the two patriarchs have a secret they want to share. The setting is a stunning seaside mansion which is the home of the rather grand art dealer Toni (Fabrizio Bentivoglio) who has … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt seems like perfect timing for this new film, the debut feature from director David Charles Rodrigues, a Brazilian American equal-rights advocate. After a new wave of homophobia bordering on violence which the present Administration seem content to sanction, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus became determined to counter-balance this with a message of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn one symbolic scene in this French sub titled movie the characters, fueled by curiosity, determinedly follow a sleep walker to find out where he is going. It turns out he is not sleepwalking he is just out for the pleasure of a stroll in the garden. If that is all that is wanted from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJeanie Finlay’s simpatico documentary about Freddy McConnell a determined Brit trans man who wants to give birth is a remarkable testament of faith by McConnell in allowing the cameras to film every part of his extraordinary journey. To avoid the story becoming the slightest bit sensationalized McConnell had assembled his own crew to be … Continue reading
