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Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews HOMEBODY a tender drama about gender expression

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    WHEN THE LIPSTICK IS A STATEMENT A tender fictional film with visually attractive drawings, moving images, and ingenious storytelling of a boy that inhabits for a while the body of his babysitter. Curious Johnny  (Tre Ryder) and sensitive Melanie (Colbi Minifie)  share daily life activities while Johnny´s mother is away.  She is his … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews I’LL SHOW YOU MINE : a two-hander family confrontational drama

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  This fictional film is split into 10 chapters titled: Discovery, Observation, Assessment,  Negotiation, Presumption, Revelation, Persistence, Misdirection, Culmination, and Coalescence. A talky film with animations illustrating the dialogue the two protagonists have.  Priya Sura (Poorna Jagannathan) invites Nick (Casey Thomas Brown), to work together as partners in the (illustrated?)  book she is going to … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews MUTT : ‘everything informs everything else’

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  The compelling drama depicts a 24-hour period in the life of Fernanda / Feña (Lío Mehiel), a recently transitioned trans man that awaits for his father to come from Chile into town (NYC), enjoys the company of a younger sister who ran away from school bringing her own concerns and has encounters with ex-boyfriend … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews NANA’s BOYS : 24 troubled hours in the life of a gay couple

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  Amari (David J, Cork)  and Q (Jared Wayne Gladly) are a couple of black gay men in their 3Os living in New York City.  The action takes place from one day to the other. It is Amari´s 30th birthday,  but he wakes up feeling old and not in the mood for a celebration. Q … Continue reading



Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews newly restored THE WOUNDED MAN  (L´homme blessé) the 1983 film by Patrice Chéreau

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  Henri  (Jean-Hugues Anglade) is a  young man from a working family of four in an unnamed French city,  his sister is going to Paris and they all go to the train station to say goodbye.  The train station is also a house of glances where men search for action, a cruising place where a … Continue reading



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