Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his feature film debut which he wrote, directed and starred in, Canadian filmmaker James Fanizza chose a feel-good romance which may not exactly be Shakespeare (!) but however it is the stuff that hopelessly romantic gay men just love. Set in his native Toronto, Fanizza plays Alex a frustrated artist who is making … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is one of two lesbian dramas that Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli has playing on the film festival circuit and they both share the two of the leading ladies Alejandra Lara, and Silvia Varón. Second Star on the Right is the story of four 30-something-year-old women who have been friends since schooldays. Now grown … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter preadolescent Andy (Emilio Puente) sees his mother gets fatally shot in a random robbery, he is sent to live on the country estate of his paternal grandmother (the wonderful Carmen Maura) who he has never met before. She is rather cold and awkward with him and brushes off any enquiries of the whereabouts … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAward-winning Argentinean gay filmmaker Marco Berger has teamed up with Marcelo Monaco, a fellow countryman of his who’s expertise is in gay porn, to make an anthology of short films that explore unconsummated desire. Both of them wrote & directed three stories, each of them focusing on men getting very close to together in various states … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis gritty cutting-edge drama is a part of a new genre from contemporary queer filmmakers that show another side of gay life. ‘Shank’ is no cozy affair; void of the cliché plot devices typical of a coming-of-age story, this is a film that is refreshingly shocking, very explicit, and painful at parts, but … Continue reading
