queertiques
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Jose
Li Cheng’s new drama Jose is preceded by a huge reputation after it beat out the multi Oscar nominated The Favorite to win the Queer Lion at Venice’s prestigious film festival last year. It is (to our knowledge) the first LGBT movie ever to be made in Guatemala and is a tender coming-of-age story…
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Louder Than Words
When Ansel (Luke Farley) a young musician comes across Niall (Marty Laufer) dancing his heart out in the school practice rooms he has no idea that hs is deaf. There is however an immediate attraction between the two but first they have to learn how to communicate their feelings. This charming and heartfelt…
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Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw that went straight from the Sundance Film Festival onto the Netflix is probably the campiest movie we have seen for some time. Written and directed by Dan Gilroy and packed with a A list cast that included Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Tom Sturridge and John Malkovich it’s a psychological sci-fi…
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Sauvage
One of the most powerful and provocative movies that completely divided the critics at the Cannes Film Festival this year was French writer-director Camille Vidal-Naquet’s debut feature Sauvage. This story about a young street hustler in Strasburg who lived on his wits and despite his tough exterior turned out to be a whore with a…
