queertiques
Sebastian
It’s impossible to be openly gay in Sebastian’s small remote hometown in Peru so his homophobic mother, who as the town’s attorney is a person of some importance, gives him money to go and live far away in the US. Now years later having established a new life as a chef in L.A. complete with a…
Check It
Literally just a stone’s throw from the corridors of power in our nation’s capital, lies a whole area of Washington that is completely alien territory to most Americans. Seeing it portrayed in this startling powerful new documentary, you find that you have to pinch yourself to remember what is being played out here is not some…
Miles
Like any good aspiring filmmaker Nathan Adloff uses his own life story as the inspiration for his movies. His debut feature, the utterly delightful gay ‘Harold & Maude’ type story called Nate & Margaret, was based on his friendship with an older straight woman. This time around he focuses on his childhood when money in his…
Tomcat
This shocking and rather provocative movie … the sophomore feature from Austrian actor turned director Klaus Händl deservedly won the prestigious Teddy Award for Best LGBT Feature Film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. It is therefore surprising that since then the reviews have been lukewarm at best, and even odder that it is not the…
