queertiques
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Queerguru revists OLIVIA a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry that has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation’
TURN BACK TIME : Queerguru revisits OLIVIA (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation. Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal,…
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The Secret of Me : a compelling doc of a raging medical expose of how an Intersex person was mistreated
Last week was Intersex Awareness Day, which marked the anniversary of the first public demonstration by intersex people in North America in 1996, and was created to raise awareness of human rights issues facing intersex people and promote understanding, respect, and inclusion for intersex people. To celebrate the occasion in Australia the City of Sydney…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews 3670, a thought-provoking tale of a shy North Korean gay defector’s assimilation into Seoul’s vibrant queer life.
South Korea has a vibrant queer scene, particularly in buzzing Seoul. The mainstream society remains fairly conservative, though, and many queer people remain in the closet there. 3670, a new drama by director Joonho Park, explores this from the perspective of Kim Cheol-jun (You-hyun Cho), a handsome North Korean defector who escaped to South Korea…
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MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL GEMS 2025 : Queerguru’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE FILMS
The exceptional Miami Film Festival has been around since 1984, and as part of its continuing growth, ten years ago they introduced The Gems Film Festival. It’s a second permanent festival to its annual activities, a four-day event to present the “jewels” of the fall season….. and as we studied this year’s program, we actually uncovered…
