queertiques
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Marry Me However : when closeted religious Jews try to play ‘straight’
The sheer joy (if joy is the correct description) of excellent queer documentaries like “Marry Me However” is that it helps bring a greater understanding how of the struggles of accepting one’s sexuality in some parts of the world causes such unimaginable problems. In this case Israeli director (Rabbi) Mordechai Vardi’s intriguing film outlines…
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Queerguru’s MUST SEE FILMS @Atlanta’s OUT ON FILM Fest
We’re heading Down South to Atlanta, Georgia this week for OUT ON FILM one of fav. queer film festivals. What started as a five-day festival back in 1987 has grown into an eleven-day celebration of LGBTQ stories and artists including narrative features, documentaries, short films, and premieres. This year a total of 130 films…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE PERFECT DAVID : a near perfect queer coming-of-age story
The Perfect David (El perfecto David) is a tense yet poetic modern-day coming of age story. It accurately reflects an 18-year old’s transition into manhood, trying to fit into his new adult world when life goals, sexuality, and relationships are usually still a bit vague and sometimes temporarily heading in the wrong direction. Premiering…
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Queerguru reviews Jessica Chastain’s Oscar worthy performance in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
We have to confess that as Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s exhilarating 2000 film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, is one of our favorite queer documentaries of all time we approached the new film with the same title with such trepidation. Thankfully it turned out to be groundless as although this feature drama written…
