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Shakespeare’s R + J : a homoerotic take on Shakespeare’s classic tragic love story
This weekend, the Red Curtain Foundation for the Arts in Marysville, Wash performing its queer take on Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. In their version, this classic drama now tells a homoerotic story of forbidden love between men. It follows four teenage boys attending an all-male parochial boarding school during the 1950s. Tired of their…
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Altered Innocence VOl 2 : an excellent compilation of short queer films that push the envelope
From the very innovative ALTERED INNOCENCE, one of Queerguru’s very favorite queer film distributors comes their latest collection of short films. This new curated compilation has over three hours of LGBTQ and Coming-of-Age short films in two separate programs ‘ ALTERED is a wild blast of strange and transgressive visions with films about virtual love…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews FRIDA the story of the great Mexican artist that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival
A documentary feature with animations of her paintings for new generations. In a linear narrative dated from 1910 to 1954 and based on rich archival material, Frida Kahlo´s life, full of expectations and pain, is made acquainted for those who do not know of her omnipresence since decades ago. The Director shows Frida from…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews DISCO BOY with yet another stunning performance by Franz Rogowski.
A fascinating tale that intertwines personal struggles with cultural legacies from Africa, where rituals and music are full of meaning, and Europe, as a colonizer and also as the promised land for immigrants moving from East to West, and South to North. Outstand from the cast Jomo (Morr Ndiaye), his sister Udoka (Laetitia Ky)…
