Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSven and Goran are a happily married gay couple in their mid-30’s. They have great jobs, and a new house in a small country town (which bares more than a passing resemblance to Legoland). They want for nothing. Except a child. So they get approved by the authorities, but it turns out that even though … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTwo blue collared gay men living in a small town in Texas are both finishing chapters in their parallel lives. Gabe, a 35-year-old closeted construction worker is trying to recover from being dumped by his lover who preferred to stay with his wife after all. He can at least seek some consolation that he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis psychological thriller is set in the Trinidad where, with its patriarchal society, homosexuality is still closeted and is very much stigmatized. Therefore this story about James an older very successful businessman (Gareth Jenkins) who befriends Gregory an 18 year old dirt-poor student (Petrice Jones) and eventually seduces him, plays out as much of a melodrama than … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe fact that this film ever got made is a real achievement in itself is something of miracle/breakthrough. To our knowledge, this is only the 2nd queer movie to come out of Romania. The first was Beyond The Hills, which when we reviewed it in 2013, we found overwhelmingly bleak. Poppy Field, the debut … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis intriguing debut feature from writer/director Danielle Lessovitz is a journey of discovery of a confused 20 year old youth who runs away from his troubled life in Pittsburgh to try his luck in NY. However when Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives at the Port Authority, half-sister Sara (Louisa Krause) who he had hoped to … Continue reading
