Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe question posed in the title of this Taiwanese light hearted Rom. Com. refers to two couples in their 30’s who have reached a crossroads in their relationships. Wei-chung and Feng have been happily married for nine years. They have a six year old son, live in a nice apartment, and he has just … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrom the 2013 Berlin Film Festival comes this overwhelmingly sad tale of a closeted gay Dutch farmer whose intensely private and repressed life seems to be heading towards either the point of no-return or a major turning point. Helmer is 55 years old and when he is not attending to the few cattle and sheep … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor well over the past four decades Berlin’s Zoo Railway Station has been the main stomping ground for the city’s rent boys. Using archive footage from 1965 this fascinating documentary from gay activist filmaker Rosa Van Praunheim paints the scene there as it has evolved until the present day. It is a desperately sad tale of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesRene is a lonely grumpy 70 year old man who has alienated the few people in his life with his caustic comments and his decidedly unfriendly attitude. He lives alone in a shabby house in a small provincial town in the Philippines, and he is just waiting to die. It’s not that he is ill, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIf I had to summarize Romanian filmmaker Cristian Mungiu’s latest movie in one word, it would unhesitatingly be ‘bleak’. From the isolated Monastery with no running water or electricity nestling in the hills beyond a remote village where even the summers look cold and uninviting, to the plot which is about an ex-orphanage girl who … Continue reading
