Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOne of the most surprising facts to come out of first time filmmaker Itako’s intriguing documentary about the whole culture of young Japanese rent boys, is that they were also so relatively normal and matter-a-fact about their profession that they had all chosen as an easy way to make money. Most of the 10 boys … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesPeccadillo Pictures a leading distributor of LGBT movies in the UK have just issued no 17 in their excellent series of Boys on Film collections of short movies. It is something that they really excel at, and in queerguru’s eyes these are by far the best anthologies of queer shorts that we have seen for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf David France’s Oscar nominated ‘How To Survive a Plague‘ is recognized as the seminal movie on AIDS in the US, then Robin Campillo’s stunning new masterpiece BPM (Beats Per Minute) is undoubtably Europe’s candidate for the title. His sprawling and somewhat harrowing tale that centers on the ACT UP group in Paris is … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis obscure wee Russian documentary from Dmitry Kubasov that queerguru stumbled across is one of those baffling bizarre movies that, despite your better judgement, you watch to the very end only to declare W.T.F! Ostensibly it’s the story of 21 year old Alexey Artemiev who may be (!) an aspiring filmmaker who is shooting a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBrad (Anthony Rapp) is like many other lonely 40-year-old gay men looking for love via online dating sites, yet his past puts him in a more vulnerable state than most. Still grieving the recent accidental death of his only child has catapulted his desire to finally explore his sexuality. He practically ignores his wife as … Continue reading
