Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAmen, (Mehri Kazemi) is an Iranian transgender teenager, who has moved to Tehran from a small town, and is looking to transition to a woman. Amen is introduced to Naser, (the very handsome Madhi Pakdel), a wealthy man, who offers to pay for Amen’s gender reassignment surgery. He needs one simple favor in return. Since … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s tough enough adapting a stage play into a movie at the best of times, but when it is set in a different culture and language it’s a hard one to pull off for a mainstream audience to get behind and enjoy. Writer/director Kenji Yamauchi’s movie At The Terrace, which seems the nearest thing to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEdu is not the first middle-aged man to fall in love with a young hustler that he has picked up in the streets of Rio. It’s not just the sex that draws him to keep returning hooking him up with Fabio time and time again as he really has developed an emotional attachment to the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s dawn in Paris, Yann a middle-aged gay man is walking home when he spots a cute young man lying in the gutter. Turns out he’s drunk and an American tourist. The street is in the 4th Arrondissement and is called Rue des Mauvais Garcons : hence the movie title. Next morning the boy wakes … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe opening scene of the movie reveals a very reluctant Marta cleaning a luxury apartment aided and abetted by Junior her 9 year old son who she has dragged along as she cannot afford a babysitter. She’s annoyed as she feels that this work is beneath her but has to do it anyway as she … Continue reading
