This obscure wee Russian documentary from Dmitry Kubasov that queerguru stumbled across is one of those baffling bizarre movies that, despite your better judgement, you watch to the very end only to declare W.T.F! Ostensibly it’s the story of 21 year old Alexey Artemiev who may be (!) an aspiring filmmaker who is shooting a … Continue reading
It’s not just the Ukrainian people who are suffering under the regime of the war-mongering Putin, but also the LGBTQ+ community in Russia too. Back in 2013 Putin looking to eliminate the community completely signed the ‘Gay Propaganda’ law which has since increased hostility in a culture that encourages rampant homophobia Under this vile legislation, … Continue reading
How to Save a Dead Friend is Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s compelling documentary about young love for a lost generation in Putin’s grim Russia. Filmed by herself and her partner Kimi over a twelve-year period, we follow the couple as they deal with the severe challenges affecting them and their network of friends which include suicide, … Continue reading
There cannot possibly be a more desolate place to live on Earth than in the vast plains of Siberia where the sparsely populated people miserably eake out a living and simply pray that there is no return to war. When Sasha’s grandmother fails to answer her phone for days the family send him off … Continue reading
An advertising executive has been happily dating a beautiful and famous newscaster and they have just celebrated their first anniversary in their fashionable Moscow home. Then one evening on the way home he runs down an itinerant Mongolian farm laborer who he takes back to his apartment and suddenly has mad passionate sex. The girlfriend is … Continue reading