Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn her enchanting feature debut writer/director Shaz Bennett spares no punches in showing how brutal and isolated Alaska can be especially if you are anything different than the norm. Leo (newcomer Martin L. Washington Jr.) is just that and more. He may work gutting fish in a Cannery by day, but at night this black gay … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCherry Pop is small town shabby gay bar that looks like it probably has never seen better days. However it is home for the small coterie of drag queens who perform there nightly even though it looks they out number the audience at the best of times. Every night this band of performers are … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Ben’s (Christopher Howell) sister suddenly dies, he has to step up the plate and return home to take care of his bed-ridden mother. The moment he steps back inside the family home in some god-forsaken rural town that he left for the bright lights of N.Y. some 20 years ago, the reasons he was in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIt was probably inevitable that if queer filmmakers should want to adapt ‘the classics’ that they would start with romance first. And who better to begin with than Jane Austen herself. Newbie writer/director Byrum Geisler’s very spirited attempt at converting Pride and Prejudice into a modern day gay love story may have Miss Austen turning in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideNo matter how long you nurse a dying relative it is still completely unbearable when they eventually depart this earth, particular when they are one of your children. It has been a week since 25 year Ronnie their only son has died of cancer and his Israeli parents Eyal (Shai Avivi) and Vicky (Evgenia Dodina) and … Continue reading
