queertiques
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The Times of Bill Cunningham: the personal story of the legendary NY Times photographer
The Times of Bill Cunningham is a joyous account of a wonderfully fulfilled human being who simply radiates on the screen the sheer passion and excitement he has for his life. Filmed in 1994 by Mark Bozek (Cunningham died in 2016) it had been shot purely as an interview but spliced together with some…
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Straight Up : one man’s heartbreaking tale of self-discovery
Todd (james Sweeney) is a precocious millennial with his rapid firing conversation which is fuelled by his insistence to overthink every single little detail. He’s confused about many things, particularly his sexuality. We think he is just a gay man who hasn’t figured that out for himself. Yet despite all his neuroises he is…
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MOFFIE : a harrowing coming-of-age tale
The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in the midst of apartheid where the white minority still dominate and persecute the ‘colored’ population. They however are not…
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Could the First KIss be the Last Kiss ?
Brit queer filmmaker Simon Anderson’s short almost-romantic drama takes place in the idyllic English countryside at night after Sam’s brother’s wedding. The happy couple have gone to bed and as Sam (Matthew Tennyson) is in the garden a night cap , he starts up a conversation with Nick (Nigel Allen) one of his brother’s…
