queertiques

  • Twilight’s Kiss : a tender love story between two seemingly unlikely gay men.

    Twilight’s Kiss : a tender love story between two seemingly unlikely gay men.

      For his third feature film award-winning queer Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung has another love story to tell, and as usual with him, its an unexpected heart-touching tale although this time it is between two seemingly unlikely gay men. Set in HK, its the story of a 70-year-old cab driver Pak (Tai-Bo) who is…

  • The First Gay Parade : San Francisco 1971

    The First Gay Parade : San Francisco 1971

      This excellent unique  slice of queer history is a film of the very first Gay Parade in San Francisco in 1970. Made by the artist, opera designer and independent filmmaker Ronald Chase,it was believed to have been lost for almost 50 years.  Not only has it be found but it is just about to…

  • The Surrogate : who has to share bad news with the expectant gay fathers

    The Surrogate : who has to share bad news with the expectant gay fathers

      Queer filmmaker Jeremy Hersh’s  excellent debut feature film is a powerful story about an ethical conundrum  that really makes you question how you would personally respond if faced with an issue like this. This is the tale of  two close knit best friends and a husband  living a comfortable life in NY who decide…

  • Viktor and Viktoria : the 1933 classic German film re-released

    Viktor and Viktoria : the 1933 classic German film re-released

      Hollywood has always had the habit of taking a successful European movie and ‘Americanizing’ them,  often with very questionable results.  In this movie’s case they were last in line as at the same time  Reinhold Schünzel  was directing Viktor und Viktoria in Germany in 1933, he was also shot a French-language version of the…