Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is a re-issue of the seminal edgy Japanese arthouse movie from 1969 that for a very long time was unavailable in the U.S. even though is was one of major influence for Stanley Kubrick when he made A Clockwork Orange. It is very loosely based on the ancient Greek legend of Oedipus (the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesYou really need to brush up your knowledge of the Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua to appreciate writer/director João Pedro Rodrigues’s very queer take on the legend of his life. It is both surreal and provocative and demands a great deal of of patience from its audience when it strays off on confusing tangents. Fernando (Paul … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesExperimental filmmaker Travis Mathews latest movie starts out with a kaleidoscope of slightly bizarre and unrelated images before he rolls out the bare bones of the story. We are never too sure the genre he is aiming for as what we assume at the beginning is probably intended as an audio visual art piece but … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideKumiko a disheveled 29 year old real loner ekes out a living in Tokyo as a lowly office secretary before returning each night to the cramped messy apartment she shares with her pet white rabbit. She has discovered an old VHS tape (in what we assume is a dream sequence) and now spends every waking moment replaying it over and over … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe opening sequence of French writer/director Yann Gonzalez debut feature starts with confusion that never really eases up through this avant-garde art-house film. Ali and her young handsome beau Mathias (who may or may not be a zombie) are waiting with their transvestite maid Udo for their invited guests to arrive for an orgy. They include The … Continue reading
