Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLuca Guadagnino’s latest, and best movie has been the subject of a stealth marketing campaign which revealed little of substance about the movie but somehow hyped expectations to a dizzy height. Thankfully for once they proved extremely accurate as this near-faultless film about an intergenerational summer love affair is a sublimely perfect coming-of-age story that is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer filmmaker Jordan Firstman’s short film CALL YOUR FATHER is a disturbing tale about an intergenerational disconnect between two gay men hooking up for a date. Greg (Craig Chester) a rather reserved 50 year-old is picking up 24 year-old Josh (played by Firstman) who is a bundle of uncontrollably energy. The young man is a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen the movie opens Lee (Melissa McCarthy) is seen as a bitter and mean spirited alcoholic who has just been fired from her latest job and is in her squalid unkempt Manhattan apartment with just her cat for company. Totally broke and not having paid her rent for months , she has exhausted anyone … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe refreshing element of the slow but steady flow of movies dealing with transgender issues that have been emerging this year has been how they deal with a fresh reality that is so far removed from the over-hyped debut of Caitlyn Jenner. Following on the heels on the exuberant “Tangerine” that may even make Oscar … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor 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 … Continue reading
