Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Fernando Garcia Ortega was a young boy in Garibaldi, Mexico City in the 1970’s his pushy mother got him into the movies. It was tough being a child actor and filming a scene in his first big break the Director stopped the cameras and asked for more reality in the mob fight that was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAnna Muylaert the Brazilian writer/director of last year’s rather sublime drama the multi-award winning The Second Mother, returns to the theme of family dynamics with her latest movie, as she explores the reality of parental/child relationships which cannot conform to everyone’s expectations and perceptions. This is the story of Pierre (Namoi Nero) a free-spirited teenager who plays … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesGift wrapped in sex, perversity and symbolism Don’t Look Down tells a simple truth: It’s hard to let go of a grudge because it’s easier to have someone else to blame when love does not go as wished. The film ticks out a countdown like a highly structured piece of conceptual theater. Olivier Ducastel … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesYoung Guillermo (Israel Rodríguez) has an insatiable appetite for sex. Not only that, but this 16 year-old schoolboy shows a remarkable maturity in manipulating older guys into getting what he wants. Every day after school is out he sneaks off to the Mall to find a new sexual partner who he lures into the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor the past six years every September The Monarch a European Cruise ship leaves Lisbon with some 2300 passengers for a week’s voyage to Gran Canaria. All of them are gay men with just one thing on their mind : to party. And of course to fall in love with Mr Right, and on the … Continue reading
