Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn Peaceful, writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot gives the lion’s share to two giants of the French cinema, Mademoiselle Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. A story within the story: in real life, Catherine Deneuve suffered from a stroke during a scene in a hospital and it took two years for the film to be finished. There … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Time Got Louder is a brilliant, both heart-breaking and heart-warming, Canadian drama by award-winning director Connie Cocchia. She tells the story of a family dealing with the daily ups and downs of living with a neuro-diverse child. Mark (Lochlyn Munro) and Tish (Elizabeth Mitchell) have two grown-up children, nineteen-year-old Abbie (Willow Shields) and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHedda (after Ibsen) is the cinematic, theatrical, queer re-imagining of Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s classic play from 1891, Hedda Gabler. Created, written, and directed by Jen Heyes, the play stars the UK’s avant-garde, national treasure, David Hoyle. This 21st Century interpretation of the play takes us on an hour’s journey into a sad, slightly … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer human rights remain a hot potato in most countries, including countries we’d expect to know better. Italy, for example, has a mixed record in this area. Same sex sexual activity has been legal in Italy since 1890, and Italy was one of the very few European nations to have an equal age for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesComing-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an … Continue reading
