Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you are a regular reader of QUEERGURU then you will know that our team of reviewers covers most of the major queer Film Fests around the Globe …..the most recent being Out on Film in Atlanta and Chicago’s Reeling Film Fest. Next up will be Seattle Queer Film Fest, NewFest in NY, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEl Planeta is the debut feature film of Spanish artist, and now also film director, Amalia Ulman. The film premiered at this year’s Sundance Film festival to an enthusiastic audience. Ulman is the director, writer, producer, and star of the film. Her own mother, Ale Ulman, is also in the film, making her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesComing-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAll Kinds of Love is a comedy-drama about the complex love lives of a collection of people living at a relatively slow pace in a small town in the US. We first meet the rather intense, slightly melancholy, Max (Matthew Montgomery) and his more relaxed partner Josh (Steve Callahan), who are splitting up just … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHandsome, Brooklyn-born-and-bred, Quique (Dennis Garcia) runs a local barber’s shop, Fade to Famous, with his cousin Rafa (Pierre Jean Gonzalez). They are ingrained into their local Puerto Rican community, a community as nourishing as it is stifling. It’s a very traditional, macho world and this is an issue for Quique who is secretly gay and has … Continue reading