queertiques
Wine, Women & Friends
Jo and Carol are a totally charming middle-aged couple of lesbians who got it into their heads that they would like to be winemakers, and against all odds, and with a lot of very hard work and with great band of friends, they actually succeeded, even going on to win gold medals for their vintage.…
Croc-A-Dyke Dundee
The overwhelming feeling you take away from Fiona Cunningham-Reid’s profile on Dawn O’Donnell the Australian lesbian businesswoman who was partly responsible for making Sydney such a gay destination, was the fact that she was a thoroughly unpleasant person. This very fierce silver-haired butch dyke initially made quite a lot of money through real estate investments…
Velociraptor
We quickly learn from this intriguing new movie from Chucho E. Quintero a very young Mexican filmmaker, that two very important events are possibly about to happen. First gay teenager Alex wants to have sex with his straight best friend Diego before the day is out, and secondly the world is about to end. Literally.…
Carol
For his 6th feature film queer filmmaker Todd Haynes returns to the 1950’s and re-visits the theme of repressed sexuality that he captured so brilliantly in his Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven” in 2002. Last time he worked from his own script, but this time around British/American playwright Phyllis Nagy has adapted Patricia Highsmith’s controversial novel…
