Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you only had 6 weeks to live, what would you do? If you don’t know, aren’t sure, or aren’t ready, this charmer is a terrific place to start. Jack or Jackie (Derren Nesbitt) is a 75 year old pub drag queen of the most traditional foul mouthed and boozie kind. Married for 54 years his wife’s death came … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s a sunny Sunday morning in Brooklyn and Mateo wakes his boyfriend Will up with a cup of coffee and a cupcake with single candle alight on top. Today is Will’s 30th birthday and in a few hours their rather wonderful garden apartment will be overflowing with friends at the celebration party they have been … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThere are so many ways to begin to describe this lovely film and each would probably turn off half of our audience instantly. Which is a shame as they might miss one of the best LGBT+ films at the London Film Festival. So, let us get it over with. It’s about old people. It’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is not a prequel for Richard Curtis’s 1994 Oscar Nominated Smash Hit which had two more weddings, but actually a dark and somewhat hit and miss comedy about some of the issues of living as a gay man in Korea today. Closeted handsome Min-Soo is a gay young hospital doctor who wants to stop … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis quintessential gritty British drama is set in a working class suburb of Newcastle where in a tower block of council flats two teenage twins are carers to their disabled mother. Living hand to mouth on welfare payments Kristen applies for a small loan to buy a few wee luxuries which means she gets a … Continue reading