Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEver since Ang Lee’s earth-shatteringly beautiful ‘Brokeback Mountain’ we have had a thing about cowboys. Just as in that movie when Jack Twist says to Ennis ‘I wish I knew how to quit you’, we cannot stop yearning for a rugged man in spurs on horseback. Or in fact any type of Cowboys, including the ones … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen 60-year-old Alice comes to Toronto six months after becoming a widow, her daughter Suzanne a lawyer is too busy at work to be home to greet her mother. She asks her unemployed friend Tru to step in at the last minute to look after Alice but then is shocked when she later arrives home … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor his third feature film award-winning queer Hong Kong filmmaker Ray Yeung has another love story to tell, and as usual with him, its an unexpected heart-touching tale although this time it is between two seemingly unlikely gay men. Set in HK, its the story of a 70-year-old cab driver Pak (Tai-Bo) who is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor the ‘NY Times’ to review a ‘gay’ movie is far too rare an occurrence but when A.O Scott, its senior Critic, goes one step further and gives one a rave review, then you know that that this is no ordinary film. This wee British movie that went on to be a multi-award winner was shot … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesActor Bradley Cooper has already garnered 9 Academy Award Nominations and word on the street is that he is due to get a 10th …… and maybe win at last?. He has co-written, directed, and produced MAESTRO based on the true story of how legendary composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein grappled with his sexuality as … Continue reading