queertiques
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Two music superstar biopics for the big screen THE BEATLES and MICHAEL (as in Jackson)
This current trend for biopics about music ‘stars’ continues with two new ones heading our way. First is Academy Award-winning Sam Mendes (American Beauty), whose eagerly awaited four separate movies are about The Beatles, the biggest band in history, one from the perspective of each member. It was revealed that he has cast four of…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews BRIGITTE’S PLANET B about a pioneering Colombian transgender ecologist
This documentary, written and directed by Santiago Posada, relates to the life and work of trans woman Brigitte Baptiste. A visually stunning film, its introduction featuring jellyfish and mushrooms among other specimens alternates with a conversation that addresses the dual concept of nature: as a natural environment and/or as a genuine attitude. Is simulation natural?…
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Cinema of Disobedience : a program of radical queer cinema at Moviemento Kino Berlin
Cinema of Disobedience began at the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in 2025. They met there as filmmakers and artists who, despite different backgrounds and practices, shared the same feeling. The film industry was reaching a breaking point. Markets were becoming unbearable, narrowing what could be made, shown, or even imagined. In that moment, they…
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Desperado LGBT+ Film Fest is BACK : here are Queerguru’s Must See Movies
We love GOOD queer news even more at present, with the sheer and dangerous madness created by The Orange Man. Last year, the Desperado LGBTQ+ Film Festival in Phoenix announced that they canceled the event “in direct response” to Trump’s executive order aimed at ending diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives at publicly funded institutions. This would have…
