Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe writer/philosopher/political activist/filmmaker Susan Sontag gained both a reputation and a notoriety for her controversial work very early on in her career which stuck with her until her untimely death just aged 71. This new HBO documentary by Nancy Kates seems to deliberately set out to be a tribute to someone the director is clearly … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor well over the past four decades Berlin’s Zoo Railway Station has been the main stomping ground for the city’s rent boys. Using archive footage from 1965 this fascinating documentary from gay activist filmaker Rosa Van Praunheim paints the scene there as it has evolved until the present day. It is a desperately sad tale of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesRevry TV’s rather fab reality series QUEENS OF KINGS is back for a 4th Season. If it’s not appeared on your radar yet, then shame on you. It takes a wonderful raw look at the glamorous and gritty lifestyle of some of Brooklyn’s brightest drag stars. Each episode focuses on the intricate duality of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom the opening credits of this documentary on the legendary award-laden actress Rita Moreno who are immediately hit by her infectious exuberance and good humor. She was a mere 87 years old when this was filmed two years but was still working in the profession in which she loves (and that loves her). … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen New Yorker Lexy met the woman of her dreams she just wanted two things (apart from living happily ever after, naturally.) Lexy wanted to have a big white wedding and then have a baby. In this micro-budgeted wee fly-on-wall documentary from filmmaker Lizzie Gottlieb we learn that Lexy and her wife Jessica celebrated their … Continue reading
