Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWriter and director Leyla Yilmaz in her second film Not Knowing (“Bilmemek”) gives a glance of Turkish society in general, and in particular, the portrait of a family of three, living in pre-pandemic Istambul. Sinan (Yurdaer Okur), the father, works with containers at the port for a big sea transportation corporation that has … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR, YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE… Canadian filmmaker Charlie David has been exploring the LBBTQI2S experience and reveals to us Pat Rocco (1934-2018) who lived in those days when police made raids against the ‘notorious’ members of the queer community in the United States of America and when the act of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIS THE VICTIM AND VICTIMIZER AN ENDEMIC DUALITY IN THE HUMAN CONDITION? The film is a free adaptation of Rainer Werner Fassbinder´s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant, a play and a movie that refer to power relations in a triangular situation between women, and gave its director the international recognition he deserved … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques\ Cinema, reality, and fiction combined in this extremely well-crafted film, also photographed and written by Argentinian director Manuel Abramovich, with a screenplay in collaboration with Fernando Krapp and Pio Longo. Pornomelancholia is a compelling portrait of loneliness in the times of social media where there is no place for privacy. It is a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueens of the Revolution is the filmmaker Rebecca Heidenberg‘s first feature film. It begins with the ritual of Ms. Cinthya dressing up for her performance at El Mejunje, a cultural center in Santa Clara, the capital of the Central Cuban province of Villa Clara. The city of Santa Clara, also known as Liberal City, … Continue reading