Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe immediate future of Brazilian queer cinema may not look to rosy right now after the vitriolic homophobic President Jair Bolsonaro has recently declared that government funds will now be withheld from cinema projects containing LGBTQ content. Hopefully this (and he) will not last long as Brazil has become such a valuable source for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBrazilian queer filmmaker Thiago Cazado is a remarkably talented young man. Not only has he written and co-directed his sophomore film but he has starred in it too playing a teenager almost half his age (33 years). Cousins is a cute queer romance that may not tax your imagination with it’s light and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Eurovision Song Contest,which is the epitome of the true meaning of ‘eurotrash’, really owes its continuing success to the thousands of gay men throughout the world who slavish watch the Broadcast every year with such glee. There are few programs on television these days that are camper than this outdated competition that seeks to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe veteran filmmaker Rosa von Praunheim who is also Germany’s most famous gay activist and has made over 150 short and feature films to date. His latest movie, currently playing the Film Festival circuit, is a thriller loosely adapted on one of the most notorious gay serial killers whose story played out in the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s very tough being the slightest bit sympathetic for Helosia (Letícia Sabatella) the protagonist in Brazilian filmmaker Jeremias Moreira Filho, and Dani Carneiro’s family drama as she refuses to take any responsibility for her unhappy life. She blames her elderly mother Ruth (Selma Egrei ) for the her unfulfilling job as a hospital doctor, her … Continue reading
