Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLast Summer of Nathan Lee follows 18-year-old Nathan who has just discovered that he has an incurable brain cancer. He asks his best friend Dash to document his remaining time alive which he avows to live with passion. Based on real-life events, writer/director Quentin Lee’s film is both a coming-of-age story as well as … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJavi (newcomer Néstor Goenaga) comes to the Sauna Popular in search of work in order to enable his dream of becoming a singer to come true. Unfortunately, the business is going through hard times, and so Asun (Antonia San Juan), can only offer him menial work. Javi is not there long before … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Queerguru interviewed out and proud queer Iraqi drag queen/activist/writer/actor/journalist Amrou Al-Kahdi in 2017 it was obvious to us that our paths would cross again. Based in London at the time they were known as Glamrou and the founder and star of Denim the drag superstar group, and managed to make short films … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOne of the sheer joys and benefits of being a queer film reviewer is that we get to be on the frontline to see how and when our community emerges from the darkness of our past and continues to self-determines its own destiny. Its also the way we can learn about the other parts … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFerzan Özpetek’s feature film Hamam aka [Steam: The Turkish Bath] in 1997 is one of those movie-making debuts that stick in your memory. In it, Özpetek takes a mesmerizing look at how special places and people can transform other people. This romantic drama film is a haunting joy Since then this Italian/Turkish queer … Continue reading
