Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGolden Youth takes us back to the late 1970’s when Americans were desperately squeezing into Studio 54, and we Europeans were flocking to the more accessible but equally debauched Le Palace night club in Paris. It was home to extravagant theme parties and performances, that literally threw together rich and poor, gay and straight, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGoodbye Mother is one of those cases of don’t judge a Book (or in this case movie) but its cover. Having wrongly assumed that this was a straightforward story of a closeted gay man taking a boyfriend home to Vietnam for the first time, and being forced to choose between his conservative family, or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere is an uneasy space in cinema where homages to bad 70s movies sit. The cliches of stilted dialogue, dodgy camera angles, arthouse pretentiousness and grainy visuals can hardly be celebrated without employing them. And doing so feels like double dipping back into a garbage can we were all glad to empty. Todd Verow … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer filmmaker Lisa Donato who is known for her short films got her first feature film directing job from actress Yeardley Smith. Smith who was both producing and starring in Gossamer Fold, has a reputation as a good ally of the LGBTQ community. She chose well as Donato’s debut turned to be one of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGermany’s pernicious Paragraph 1675, was part of the German Criminal Code from 15 May 1871 to 10 March 1994. It made homosexual acts between males a crime, and in early revisions, the provision also criminalized bestiality as well as forms of prostitution and underage sexual abuse. All in all, around 140,000 men were convicted under the … Continue reading
