queertiques
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Valentina : a (happy) trans coming out story
Valentina is a very impressive feature film debut from Brazilian writer/director Cássio Pereira dos Santos that tells the heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a transgender teenager. It starts with teenage Valentina (Thiessa Woinbackk) being unable to get into a night club with her friends because her official ID card still lists her with her male…
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Should THE BOYS IN THE BAND be playing a different tune now?
The much heralded movie adaption of the 2018 Broadway revival of Mart Crowley’s gay classic drama THE BOYS IN THE BAND has finally. arrived Helmed by the uber queer Producer Ryan Murphy who has a passion for period dramas, the movie has that highly polished look that we now expect from him on all…
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Colin Firth & Stanley Tucci dazzle as gay couple in Supernova
British actor turned director Harry McQueen sophomore feature film SUPERNOVA has just had its World Premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival this week. The movie has entered as it stars Academy Award winner Colin Firth and Academy Award nominee Stanley Tucci as a long time gay couple grappling with a dementia diagnosis …
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LUZ : can a queer prison romance last?
Portland based filmmaker Jon Garcia has followed up his highly successful Falls Trilogy of movies with yet another exceptional queer love story . This time however he has moved on from Mormons to Mexican Mafia. It’s the story of Ruben (Ernesto Reyes)has a job driving for his Mafiosa cousin Julio (Rega Lupo) taking his…
