queertiques
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews PET SHOP DAYS the directorial debut feature from Olmo Schnabel
New York’s life at night has attracted film-makers for ever, the endless opportunity for adventure in the Big Apple after dark makes for interesting story-telling. Pet Shop Days, the directorial debut feature from Olmo Schnabel, son of artist/film-maker Julian Schnabel, makes full use of this, a sexy, fast-paced queer urban escapade. Alejandro (Dario…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Luca Guadagnino’s highly anticipated new movie QUEER
In an alignment of the stars, director Luca Guadagnino (Call Me By Your Name, A Bigger Splash, Challengers) and Bond actor Daniel Craig have come together with Queer, the film adaptation of William Burroughs’ 1985 semi-autobiographical classic, Queer. Burroughs is widely considered one of the primary figures of the Beat Generation and a major…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews THIS IS BALLROOM : a documentary on Brazil’s vibrant ballroom scene
This feature length documentary is both a live record of a small staged Ball held in 2022 in Niteroi, just outside Rio de Janeiro, and a history of the Ballroom movement in Brazil, including interviews with the main personalities in some of the Brazilian Houses. For the uninitiated, central to the Ballroom…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews CIURÉ , the debut feature of Gianpiero Puno. “Life in suburban Palermo can be tough”
A whimsical sequence of a child´s hands playing under a sheet bathed by the morning light, after what seems to have been a short night sleep ,and a tired bearded man waking up completely. The joyful father/son moment transforms into a rush since the kid is late for school and the father takes…
