Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOpenly gay German filmmaker Tor Iben has followed his intriguing 2015 film ‘Where Are You Going Habibi‘ with this rather creepy psychological thriller which makes for compelling viewing. Iben has developed something of a penchant for his take on unusual relationships. With ‘Habibi’ it was the concept of a bromance which is based on love … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSince it produced one of the world’s first ever explicitly gay films called ‘Different From The Others’ back in 1919, Germany has been at the forefront of making really good LGBT movies. They are usually very sensual with a penchant for really hot looking men but all with highly original and compelling plots. Here then … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesHollywood has always had the habit of taking a successful European movie and ‘Americanizing’ them, often with very questionable results. In this movie’s case they were last in line as at the same time Reinhold Schünzel was directing Viktor und Viktoria in Germany in 1933, he was also shot a French-language version of the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe setting for Tim Staffel’s adaption of his own novel is as bleak and desolate as the story itself. On the windswept icy mass of the island of Sylt off Germany’s most northernmost region, young Jesus is sitting alone on a bench in the middle on nowhere, with a plastic bag over his head. The … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Edith in the title of this movie is the creation of German actor/writer/director Ades Zabel who has a quite a cult following in Berlin’s BKA Theater where ‘she’ usually performs with her Company in full drag. In this micro-budget comedy Edith and her two best friends Brigitte “Biggy” Wuttke (Biggy van Blond) and Jutta Hartmann (Bob … Continue reading