Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSet in the 1800’s this short film is an Upstairs/Downstairs tale where the aristocratic young master of the House Thomas Croydon (Craig Granger) falls for Sean (Kevin O’Malley) one of his hunky gardeners. In a story that is equally passionate and histrionic, it shows a side of life we will never see in Downton Abbey Directed … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom The Barn a production company specializing in indie movie musicals comes this charming queer romantic fantasy called Steam. This 18-min musical is the story of Lance (Coby Getzug) a millennial gay man who wishes he were part of a life-long past and that probably only belonged in the movies. He acts out … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAsian/American filmmaker Todd Lien’s touching short film is based on his own life and how he came out to his father, Made as part of his New York Film Academy MFA Program, and in it Lien plays version of himself in the story of how tough it was to balance of his secretive 4 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAfter the second film in this series of shorts we were mentally trying out our most scathing adjectives. By holding on til the end we’d had a reminder of how the highs and lows of cinema can sit right next to each other. Cosmetically the title Strikers & Defenders is a play on the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMade in 2017 this gay short story is about a reluctant parting between a soldier about to head off to War (WW2) and his drag-queen lover who had been rejected for military service on the grounds that he was a ‘sexual psychopath’. The couple had just made love and Peter (NIccolo Walsh) was trying to … Continue reading
