queertiques
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Queerguru previews Paul Mescal and Josh OConnor in THE HISTORY OF SOUND possibly the best queer romance of 2025
On paper, at least, we would always prefer gay actors playing gay roles for several reasons, but there are wonderful exceptions, such as Irish Paul Mescal and British Josh O’Connor in The History of Sound. O’Connor’s breakthrough role was playing a closeted gay farmer in God’s Own Country, whilst Mescal made us all fall in…
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To celebrate National Cowboy Day, Queerguru reviews “Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo,”
This coming Saturday, July 26th, is National Day of the Cowboy, which is a day to honor the contributions of cowboys and cowgirls to American history and culture. Including gay ones, we hope. We thought we would mark the day by reviewing “Queens & Cowboys: A Straight Year on the Gay Rodeo,” a documentary from…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘BABY’ a new queer drama from Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Caetano
This Brazilian film directed by Marcelo Caetano tells the story of 18-year-old Wellington (Joao Pedro Mariano), in search of his family and in need of a signature to be released from the Youth Detention Center where he has been held for the last two years. The streets of São Paulo are a picture-perfect scenario where Wellington…
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NAME OF THE GAME tracks the rise and fall of male exotic dancing in the US
Are we being naive? But we always thought that male strippers only performed for male/queer audiences. According to the new movie, NAME OF THE GAME, that is about to be released, we have it all wrong. The Chippendales and Magic Mike have a lot to answer for in the wake of their major successes; as…
