Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt’s not that we actively dislike people who are one-man-bands and who insist on showing us up with their faultless must-talents ….. it’s just it always makes us feel like sad underachievers. Or at worst, just plain tired! The latest example to appear on our horizon is actor Jesse Eisenberg. Not content with starring … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesRosie is a warm-hearted Canadian tale about love in chosen families. Set in 1980s Montreal, Rosie (Keris Hope Hill) is a young orphaned child who, following her mother’s death, is sent to live with her only known relative, artist Aunt Frederique (Melanie Bray). Frederique, however, lives a very chaotic, hand-to-mouth existence and can barely look … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWHEN THE LIPSTICK IS A STATEMENT A tender fictional film with visually attractive drawings, moving images, and ingenious storytelling of a boy that inhabits for a while the body of his babysitter. Curious Johnny (Tre Ryder) and sensitive Melanie (Colbi Minifie) share daily life activities while Johnny´s mother is away. She is his … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLa Revanche des Crevettes Pailletées (The Shiny Shrimps Strike Back) is directors Cedric Le Gallo and Maxine Govare’s excellent follow-up movie to 2019’s The Shiny Shrimps. The Shiny Shrimps are a queer motley-crew French water polo team and the first movie highlighted homophobia in sport. This movie continues in that vein of combining activism, sexy … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesMedusa Deluxe, written and directed by Thomas Hardiman, is a whodunnit set in the backstabbing world of competitive hairdressing shows. Completed in one shot that meanders through a claustrophobic set like a deranged Cluedo board we are sent on a hunt to decipher which of the coiffed caricatures is the killer. It’s definitely a … Continue reading
