London-based QUEER EAST cross-disciplinary festival (a Queerguru favorite) showcasing LGBTQ+ cinema and live arts from East and Southeast Asia is hitting the Road. Its UK Nationwide Tour from October to December with take the Fest to venues in Belfast, Bristol, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Kent, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Nottingham and Sheffield This touring program showcases a … Continue reading
With no ‘live’ PRIDE Parades this year (with the one exception of Taipei in Taiwan), QUEERGURU is looking back at one of the great ones from the past. In London’s Parade in 2016 there was the first every official entry of some Queer Punks. It’s so surprising that it took so long as the … Continue reading
London-based Queer East film festival is one of Queerguru’s most favorite LGBTQ+ events as it showcases rarely-seen queer cinema from East and Southeast Asia. Seeking to amplify the voices of Asian communities in the UK, the festival explores the forces that have shaped the current queer landscape in Asia, and aims to encourage more … Continue reading
Rebecca Hall’s brilliant directorial debut “Passing” is the first film adapted from Nella Larsen’s groundbreaking novel of 1929 and is currently available on Netflix. Ostensibly about passing for “white” racially, both novel and film delve into issues of identity, sexuality, and repression: passing to accommodate societal norms and expectations. Irene Redfield’s (Tessa Thompson) carefully … Continue reading
From newbie Spanish writer/director Tiago Leão comes this overwhelmingly sad docudrama of four 20 something year olds who seek pleasure whenever and with whoever they can to escape the sheer loneliness of their lives. Set in the night streets of Madrid, these four separate different stories are each steeped in the same world of sex … Continue reading