queertiques
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‘A STRANGE WAY OF LIFE’ a 30 min queer cowboy romance that PEDRO ALMODOVAR calls his answer to Brokeback Mountain
I’m not sure how QUEERGURU missed A STRANGE WAY OF LIFE a 30-minute film by Pedro Almodovar, especially after it premiered at Cannes in 2023, he called it his ‘answer to Brokeback Mountain‘. Silva (Pedro Pascal) is riding into town at the same time that his old flame, Sheriff Jake (Ethan Hawke), is looking…
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Queerguru reviews NAKED AMBITION : the story of legendary pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager
Queer Miami Emmy-nominated filmmaker Kareem Tabsch continues his penchant for capturing some of the many idiosyncratic characters that have been part of the history that has given Florida its rather ‘showy’ reputation. He started with his short CHERRY POP about the spoilt Fort Lauderdale cat who traveled in customized Louis Vuitton luggage, and lounged in a…
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Queerguru’s own Tough Girl Janet Prolman previews WOMEN IN ACTION series at NY’s Film Forum
WOMEN IN ACTION An upcoming series at the Film Forum, 209 West Houston Street, New York, New York Friday, August 15 – Thursday, September 4, 2025 A forty-film festival of gun toting, bank robbing, alien blasting, and crimefighting badassss leading ladies in films spanning genres and decades from the silent era to…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews ‘BECAUSE OF YOU’ an archival doc that traces the history of Kilawin Kolektibo, a pioneering collective of queer Filipnxs
This experimental documentary Because of You: A History of Kilawin Kolektibo tells the story of queer Filipinx who, in the 1990s, against a racist, lesbophobic backdrop, came together for the first time in NYC to create a safe and loving community. It has been directed, written, and edited by Barbara Malaran & Desireena Almoradie Through…
