queertiques

  • Out Of Time :  a family dealing with a 11 year olds transitioning

    Out Of Time : a family dealing with a 11 year olds transitioning

      Brit queer filmmaker Leon Lopez’s  chose a gritty melodrama to direct for his  sophomore feature film. Until recently Lopez was best known for acting in major UK Soaps like Eastenders and  Hollyoaks , the latter he went on to direct.  His portfolio since then has included some excellent queer shorts such as ‘Crossroad‘ ‘Circles‘…

  • Les Invisibles : French gay seniors tell their stories

    Les Invisibles : French gay seniors tell their stories

      We finally managed to cross off another film that has been on the Queerguru must-see film since 2012 when it won a César for Best Documentary Film (Meilleur film documentaire).  Les Invisibles by queer French filmmaker Sébastien Lifshitz a two-time Teddy Award Winner is a tender look at a group of French seniors who…

  • BARE : The Story of the Making of a Performance Piece with 11 Naked Men

    BARE : The Story of the Making of a Performance Piece with 11 Naked Men

      It’s still hard to perceive that even in 2020 public nudity still evokes a torrent of negativity.  On one hand there are the juvenile reactions from people who left their teen years decades ago, and on the other hand there is still so much overwhelming out-of-place Victorian censorship . If you show more than…

  • Someone Has To Die (but whom?)

    Someone Has To Die (but whom?)

      Manolo Caro, the queer Mexican filmmaker who created the very successful Netflix series THE HOUSE of FLOWERS is back.  His new three part series SOMEONE HAS TO DIE  a delightfully campy melodrama set in Franco’s Spain in the 1950’s is already becoming another big hit, especially with the LGBTQ Community. The new series doesn’t…