Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis intriguing debut feature from writer/director Danielle Lessovitz is a journey of discovery of a confused 20 year old youth who runs away from his troubled life in Pittsburgh to try his luck in NY. However when Paul (Fionn Whitehead) arrives at the Port Authority, half-sister Sara (Louisa Krause) who he had hoped to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesValentina is a very impressive feature film debut from Brazilian writer/director Cássio Pereira dos Santos that tells the heartbreaking coming-of-age story of a transgender teenager. It starts with teenage Valentina (Thiessa Woinbackk) being unable to get into a night club with her friends because her official ID card still lists her with her male … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Gil Baroni’s latest movie, fresh from its glowing reception at the Berlinale earlier this year is yet another example of how innovative and sublime queer movies made in Brazil really are. His tale of a vibrant trans teenager who refuses to be bowed down by any transphobia is like a breath of fresh … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesDespite all the problems in the world, 2020 has seen a remarkable crop of such excellent queer debut feature films from first time directors/writers. Forgotten Roads from Chilean filmmaker Nicol Ruiz Benavides is right up there amongst them. Kudos for both his script and his visual interpretation but especially for the sublimely nuanced performance … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesOut-gay filmmaker David Freyne returns to his native Kildare in Ireland for the his latest film a delightful coming-out comedy that has a more than a passing reference to his own story . Set in 1995 a period Freyne comments was a time when so many films about being gay focused on people dying … Continue reading
