Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJean-Pierre Provut was born in 1935 in a tiny village in Algeria, and one of his very earliest memories is of sitting on his mother’s lap as she tried in vain to get him to say his own name. It’s not that he couldn’t, but just that he wouldn’t. He was happiest wearing his older sister’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOn the eve of his big Chelsea Gallery Opening, New York artist Henry Hart (Arye Gross) learns that his grandfather has had a stroke, and much to the chagrin of his Agent he immediately abandons the Show and jumps on the next plane home. Home is in the outbacks of Montana where his grandfather (George … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAbdellatif Kechiche’s searingly beautiful story of two young women falling in and out of love with each other has got the Critics all riled up. Especially the heterosexual male ones who who have been almost unanimous in declaring this movie that includes long drawn out scenes of the most explicit lesbian sex as a ‘masterpiece’. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Robin Campillo’s disturbing new thriller sharply contrasts two different sides of society in contemporary France with a very chilling effect. The first chapter of his four part story is a near cinéma vérité scene of the Gard de Nord where a gang of Eastern European youths are trailing the platforms seemingly aimlessly, but are obviously set on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDuring the opening credits we see a young woman trudging through snowy streets dressed in her bedtime attire and clutching a large scrapbook which she keeps looking at time to time. The childish drawings are her clue to tracking down the apartment of her best friend Robin which miraculously she manages to do. The year … Continue reading