queertiques
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Last Days In Havana
This somewhat depressing Cuban 0dd-couple tale takes part in a dilapidated Havana neighborhood where time has stood still and where both the fabric of the buildings and life in general struggle to survive. The rather dour-looking 50 year old Miguel (Patricio Wood) ekes out a living as a dishwasher at a cafe by day, and…
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Families Like Yours
This is an excellent inspiring documentary that profiles several different LGBTQ families that so neatly dispels so many myths, and clearly shows that the diverse and loving relationships featured are on many levels actually more successful at bonding than many traditional nuclear families. Award-winning Argentinian filmmakers Rodolfo Moro and Marcos Duszczak turn their cameras on…
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High Low Forty
The charismatic actor/director Paddy Quinn, best known for the mock-reality TV series Massholes, chose this intriguing tale of reconciliation for his feature film directing debut. Billy’s (Kurt Finney) unexpected dishonorable discharge from the Army resulted in him storming out of the family home in Texas after his father completely disowned him. In the midst…
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Furious Desires
This is a collection of 5 short films …….four of which come from Central & South America, and the 5th from Italy …. all dealing with different aspects of desire between men. The first one on the compilation is The Daytime Doorman from Brazilian filmmaker Fábio Leal and is the most explicit of the films with…
