Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis biopic from filmmaker Vicente Alves do Ó is a fictionalized and highly dramatic account of a traumatic period in the life of the gay Portuguese Poet Alberto Raposo Pidwell Tavares who was universally known simply as Al Berto. It’s set in the mid-1970’s when a very young Al Berto (Ricardo Teixeira) has just returned home to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAleksandr is a young Russian illegal immigrant living in New York who is suddenly penniless and left to fend for himself when his severely depressed mother takes her own life. In desperation he turns to Emma his only friend for help and she sends him off to meet a contact of hers to see if … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBelgian filmmaker David Lambert has followed up his stunning feature film debut the Cannes Award Winning ‘Beyond the Walls’ with another story of a very quirky and odd relationship. It’s the tale of an obese middle-aged gay baker called Henry (Jean-Michel Balthazar) who lives in a small Belgian town and who has fallen in love over the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesVincenzo D’Ambrosi, who calls himself an androgynous boy, is a 24 year old queer artist who performs a European cabaret-style drag at “La Boum” – Milan’s premiere gay club. Born in Naples where his family live in an apartment over their Tobacco Store in which his mother toils 18 hour days without a break. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his sophomore feature film Goya Award-winning director, Carlos Marques-Marcet chose to tackle a relatively new predicament that of a gay couple who are not on the same page about having a baby together. Salsa teacher Eva (Oona Chaplin ) and her Spanish girlfriend part-time bartender Kat (Natalia Tena) seem to have a rather idyllic life living … Continue reading
