queertiques
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THE FAITHFUL: The King, The Pope, The Princess a film about obsessions (for people with them too)
Filmmaker Annie Berman’s feature-length documentary film about obsessions turned out to be something of an obsession itself and clearly, you also have to have an obsessive nature to appreciate it too. It all started in Rome in 1999 with Berman’s first obsession with a lollipop with a picture of the Pope on it. With her…
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Queerguru’s pick of MUST SEE FILMS @ GAZE: Dublin’s LGBTQ + Film Fest
We never need much of an excuse to visit Dublin, Ireland one of our very favorite cities around the globe, so makes the latest edition of GAZE International LGBT Film Festival a must-do event Founded in 1992, it has become Ireland’s largest LGBT film event and the country’s biggest LGBT gathering aside from Dublin…
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At The End Of Evin (all that glitters ……) an Iranian thriller reviewed by Queerguru’s Ris Fatah
Amen, (Mehri Kazemi) is an Iranian transgender teenager, who has moved to Tehran from a small town, and is looking to transition to a woman. Amen is introduced to Naser, (the very handsome Madhi Pakdel), a wealthy man, who offers to pay for Amen’s gender reassignment surgery. He needs one simple favor in return. Since…
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Kiss Me Kosher : a lesbian rom-com
Israeli filmmaker Shirel Peleg debut feature is full of good intentions but cannot avoid tripping over itself with its overabundance of cliches that tests one’s patience far too much before the final credits roll. What starts out as a lesbian rom-com between an unlikely pair of women turns into a comic farce that…
