queertiques
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Queerguru reviews ON BROADWAY a new documentary from Oren Jacoby
The Oscar-nominated filmmaker Oren Jacoby’s new documentary On Broadway is a fascinating and well-balanced profile on NY’s Theater District which makes for such compelling viewing. His detailed research plots all the major ups and downs over the 50+ years and he very carefully steers clear of ever referring back to the good (or bad)…
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Queerguru’s pick of MUST SEE FILMS @ Palm Springs LGBTQ Film Fest
Palm Springs with its growing LGBTQ community is often called the Ptown of the West. In fact, it shares many of the snowbirds who flit between the two coasts when the weather starts to change. Both towns also have excellent film Festivals, although the Palm Springs Edition is totally LGBTQ. Held at Cinema Diverse…
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Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews CARNIVAL the latest movie from Argentinian queer auteur Marco Berger
There’s a metaphysical connection among all the films of Marco Berger. His latest offering The Carnival plays out like a semi-documentary version of his previous works. There’s a bit of Taekwondo (2016) in it with semi-naked bodies of hunky men on generous display. Actor Gaston Re who starred in Berger’s previous films The Blonde…
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Leo Adef’s SAFE : a stunning short doc on Berlin’s queer Ballroom scene
As a queer journalist sometimes you kick yourself when quite by chance you discover something truly wonderful that you really should have known about and celebrated before. In this case it’s not a ‘thing but a person. Leo Adef is an Argentinean filmmaker and photographer based in Barcelona. On a visit to Berlin to…
