Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn Peaceful, writer/director Emmanuelle Bercot gives the lion’s share to two giants of the French cinema, Mademoiselle Deneuve and Benoît Magimel. A story within the story: in real life, Catherine Deneuve suffered from a stroke during a scene in a hospital and it took two years for the film to be finished. There … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesUnconventional is the new queer comedy-drama series from super talented actor/writer/producer/director Kit Williamson who brought us the fantastic Eastsiders drama series. We follow queer siblings Noah (Kit Williamson) and Margot Guillory (Aubrey Peeples) and their partners Dan Charles and Elisa Slate (James Bland (also co-director and writer) and Briana Venskus) and the challenges they … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLondon’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?). A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe French Dispatch is Wes Anderson’s tribute to print journalism and in particular a close nod to the stellar New Yorker magazine. A fantastic carousel of work, set in late 1960’s France and Kansas, with a star-studded cast including Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Timothee Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright … Continue reading