Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor the ‘NY Times’ to review a ‘gay’ movie is far too rare an occurrence but when A.O Scott, its senior Critic, goes one step further and gives one a rave review, then you know that that this is no ordinary film. This wee British movie that went on to be a multi-award winner was shot … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe setting for Tim Staffel’s adaption of his own novel is as bleak and desolate as the story itself. On the windswept icy mass of the island of Sylt off Germany’s most northernmost region, young Jesus is sitting alone on a bench in the middle on nowhere, with a plastic bag over his head. The … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesForty-something-year old Maurice has forsaken his hometown of Paris where he was successful actor and landed up in North Bay a remote small town in Northern Ontario where is regarded as something of an exotic enigma. His French accent wins him compliments but his insistence on still keeping to some of his big city habits … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlice and Frank have been married for 18 years and are moving with their three children (and Taski their pet rabbit) to a new apartment in the Swiss countryside. From the outside they seem like the perfect nuclear family but as they arrange their furniture and settle into their new home, Alice notices that her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEven though German/Turkish Ibo (Cem Alkan) has graduated with a good degree in business studies he simply cannot land a job. He still lives at home with his conservative traditional parents and his younger sister in their small apartment in Berlin. He does some part-time work in a sex shop which he keeps a secret from … Continue reading
