queertiques

  • Martin Margiela : In His Own Words

    Martin Margiela : In His Own Words

      How do you make an intimate documentary  when your subject refuses to be photographed?  Ask Reiner Holzemer who hot from his acclaimed profile on Belgian fashion designer Dries Van Noten he turned his attention one of Noten’s peers Martin Margiela.  To be honest it was Margiela’s demand was hardly news to Holzemer as he…

  • The Christmas Setup : when Mom plays matchmaker for her gay son

    The Christmas Setup : when Mom plays matchmaker for her gay son

      The final mainstream TV Holiday LGBTQ movie Queerguru is reviewing this season comes from the Lifetime Channel.  It’s known for its crowd-pleasing programming that is geared toward women or features women in lead roles.  On this occasion the star is Fran Drescher known for all those years playing The Nanny, and she is cast…

  • Dashing in December : a queer Christmas Cowboy story

    Dashing in December : a queer Christmas Cowboy story

      The LGBTQ community’s fascination with gay cowboys long predates Brokeback Mountain the 2005 Oscar Winning movie that made us all fall in love with Heath Ledger.  Yet some 15 years later  there is still such a shortage of them on the big and small screen so that we got positively excited just about the…

  • Sh-T and Champagne

    Sh-T and Champagne

      D’Arcy Drollinger is a perfect name for a drag queen, but it appears for once this is not actually the figment of someone’s imagination, but possibly their actual birth name. Anyway,  Drollinger is an actor, writer, musician, director, producer & choreographer and also the larger-than-life owner of SF gay nightclub Oasis.   For the past…