Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesKudos to the programmers of Queer Screen Mardi Gras Film Festival in Sydney that they awarded the honor of being the Opening Night Gala film to Of An Age. This emotionally resonant coming -of age from Macedonian-Australian filmmaker Goran Stolevski reminded me of the powerful impact that Francis Lee created in 2017 with his debut God’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques1 Comment on Of all the queer love stories released this Christmas season, Netflix’s SMILEY stands heads and shoulders above the restOf all the queer love stories released this Christmas season, Netflix’s SMILEY stands heads and shoulders above the rest. After watching the sanitized don’t-frighten-the-children (or the straight) offerings from both Hallmark and Lifetime TV, it’s so refreshing to see something so authentically queer. However, its creator Guillem Clua who adapted the 8-part series from … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen Goran Stolevski’s sophomore feature film OF AN AGE premiered at Melbourne’s Queer Film Fest this summer, it received a rapturous reception. The Guardian Newspaper was quick to declare this Australian film a modern queer classic. Now come next Valentine’s Day we will be able to see for ourselves when Focus Features releases the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSo Bros is finally here after months of many PR’s hyping the movie to Queerguru (and the outside world). To save you worrying where our verdict/review landed, if you scroll to the bottom, you’ll see we gave ut 10/10, a real rarity for us. So without any spoilers here’s the movie’s plot. Billy Eichner plays … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesQueer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?). A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and … Continue reading
