Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis very first LGBT movie made in Slovenia makes for very scary viewing. This debut feature from filmmaker Darko Stante is a brutal twist on a coming out tale that is both compelling and and also shockingly violent. It’s the tale of Andrej (an exceptionally talented Matej Zemljic) a dispirited teenager who drifts from one … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe immediate future of Brazilian queer cinema may not look to rosy right now after the vitriolic homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro has recently declared that government funds will now be withheld from cinema projects containing LGBTQ content. Hopefully this (and he) will not last long as Brazil has become such a valuable source for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is the tale of one man who went to Hollywood to follow his dream only to find it back home in Alabama after all. How loosely this wee fictionalized drama is based on filmmaker Philip Irwin Cooper’s real life, we are not quite sure, but given the fact that he wrote, directed, produced and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBrazilian queer filmmaker Thiago Cazado is a remarkably talented young man. Not only has he written and co-directed his sophomore film but he has starred in it too playing a teenager almost half his age (33 years). Cousins is a cute queer romance that may not tax your imagination with it’s light and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWriter/director Anna Kerrigan’s sophomore feature film COWBOYS had its Tribeca Premiere Online which is a sign of the times these days. Nevertheless this beautiful touching drama still shone through winning a Best Screenplay Award for Kerrigan and an equally well deserved Best Actor Award for Steve Zahn her leading man. Zahn plays Troy who’s … Continue reading
