queertiques
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When The London Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence canonized Derek Jarman
The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence are the legendary queer charity, protest and street performance organization that uses drag and religious imagery to call attention to sexual intolerance and satirizes issues of gender and morality. It all started in 1976, when a convent of Roman Catholic nuns lent some retired habits to The Sugar Plum…
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Queerguru reviews : The Gospel According To André : the story of the late Fashion Grand Dame
Fashion Guru and former Editor-at-Large for American Vogue André Leon Talley puts a whole new meaning on the expression ‘larger-than-life’. In this very affectionate profile on him, filmmaker Kate Novack simply points her cameras at Talley and lets him perform. This charismatic African-American tastemaker loves the sound of his own voice as he gives his own highly edited version…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BENEDETTA : violence, sex, love and madness : not a typical Nuns story!
Benedetta is the latest masterpiece from acclaimed movie director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Elle). Set in plague-ridden Renaissance Italy during the 17th Century, Benedetta is based on the true-life story of a lesbian nun, first captured in Judith Brown’s 1986 biography of Sister Benedetta Carlini. Starring Virginia Efira as Benedetta, Charlotte…
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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews NOT KNOWING a queer Turkish drama now streaming online
Writer and director Leyla Yilmaz in her second film Not Knowing (“Bilmemek”) gives a glance of Turkish society in general, and in particular, the portrait of a family of three, living in pre-pandemic Istambul. Sinan (Yurdaer Okur), the father, works with containers at the port for a big sea transportation corporation that has…
