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 queertiquesFor his 6th feature film queer filmmaker Todd Haynes returns to the 1950’s and re-visits the theme of repressed sexuality that he captured so brilliantly in his Oscar-nominated “Far From Heaven” in 2002. Last time he worked from his own script, but this time around British/American playwright Phyllis Nagy has adapted Patricia Highsmith’s controversial novel … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis trailer for CLOSE from A24 Films landed in Queerguru’s intray the morning and went straight on to our MUST SEE List. Not because it has just won this year’s CANNES GRAND PRIX (ad rave reviews) but because we were immediately drawn into this remarkable tender and touching coming-of-age story. Leo and Remi are … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOne of the best received feature film debuts at the Cannes Film Festival was Belgian writer/director Lukas Dhont whose film Girl picked up both Caméra d’Or award, for best first feature film, as well as the Queer Palm. It is the transitioning story of teenage Lala (Victor Polster) who has always dreamed of being a ballerina … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOn a film that loosely follows the seasons, to say that Lukas Dhont’s Close might make you weep is as inevitable as saying winter might follow autumn. The emotions are so finely evoked in this masterful coming of age drama they could have been drawn with an eyelash. 13-year-olds Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi … Continue reading