Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrancois is one of the unhappiest self-loathing closeted gay men I have ever seen on film. He’s a middle-aged South African who is first seen celebrating his daughter’s wedding in what appears to be a happy family. He is cold and matter of fact with his wife, but that almost seemed like a natural state of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt’s dawn in Paris, Yann a middle-aged gay man is walking home when he spots a cute young man lying in the gutter. Turns out he’s drunk and an American tourist. The street is in the 4th Arrondissement and is called Rue des Mauvais Garcons : hence the movie title. Next morning the boy wakes up and cannot remember … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesChilean Raul Rutz was a prolific experimental filmmaker who worked mainly in France, and is probably best known to US audiences for movies such as ‘Mysteries of Lisbon’ and ‘Marcel Proust’s Time Regained’. This is his very last film made when he was dying and I think is best described as his personal … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guide16 year old Martin Blanco claims to have something in his eye, so Sebastian his High School Swimming Coach whisks him out of Class and takes him to the Eye Hospital Emergency Room. The doctors give him the all clear, so the teacher offers to drive him home. School is over for the day, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDiana is a successful high school teacher, liked by her students, and admired by her colleagues. However, unbeknown to any of them, she is having a furtive affair with Eric one of the teenage boys in her class. It is purely sexual and mutually consensual but it carries with it enormous risks, particular for Diana. … Continue reading
