queertiques
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Top 3: Animated romcom is radically mainstreaming
And so we come to the closing movie of the Fringe! Queer Film and Arts Fest 2019 with a seemingly odd choice that is radically hetero normcore. And we like it. There is absolutely nothing queer about Top 3, other than it is a romantic comedy between two men. A lot of the output of…
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Greta : a queer Brazilian sex drama that takes Greta Garbo”s name in vain
Poor Greta Garbo would turn over in her (lesbian) grave if she knew how her name was being taken in vain in this rather turgid queer Brazilian drama. Its the feature film debut of writer/director Armando Praça who claims he adapted it from a stage comedy, in which we think he means he drained…
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Copa 181 : the story of a gay sauna that is a home away from home
The immediate future of Brazilian queer cinema may not look to rosy right now after the vitriolic homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro has recently declared that government funds will now be withheld from cinema projects containing LGBTQ content. Hopefully this (and he) will not last long as Brazil has become such a valuable source for…
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Madame : a charming tale of love and acceptance between two generations
Madame is one of those intimate autobiographical movies that draws you in at the very first scene. In this case because we see the elegant elderly Caroline Della Beffa who is the grandmother of the filmmaker and the story of their relationship is the main crux of this delightful and enchanting documentary. Stephane Riethauser …
