Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn Peaceful, writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot gives the lion’s share to two giants of the French cinema, Mademoiselle Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. A story within the story: in real life, Catherine Deneuve suffered from a stroke during a scene in a hospital and it took two years for the film to be finished. There … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlice Diop films the suburb where she grew up and still lives, crossed by a suburban train line, the common thread of her 4th documentary, Us. This unifying title sums up the ethics of the film director for whom the stories of immigrants who freshly arrived in France, and the identity of the host … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?). A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer human rights remain a hot potato in most countries, including countries we’d expect to know better. Italy, for example, has a mixed record in this area. Same sex sexual activity has been legal in Italy since 1890, and Italy was one of the very few European nations to have an equal age for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAll You Need – Everything You Feel is a wonderful new queer drama series based in Berlin. We follow a group of gay friends as they take on life, love, and relationships. Handsome medical student Vince (Benito Bause) lives with his best friend, web designer Levo (Arash Marandi). Both are twenty-somethings and living their … Continue reading
