Queerguru reviews Hallmarks very first gay Christmas Movie THE HOLIDAY SITTER
Hallmark TV is basking in some glowing press notices this morning because they went gay! Finally. However, before any panic sets in we should tell you that the Channel finally their festive season has caught up with its rivals Lifetime TV who produced The Chrismas Set UP in 2021 which starred Ben Lewis and … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews ‘HOW TO TELL A SECRET’ how millennials deal with HIV in a contemporary Ireland
Over the past few years, QUEERGURU has sat through and reviewed 40 feature films that touch on HIV and/or AIDS. The pandemic of the 1980s and 1990s totally devastated the LGBTQ+ community and became the single largest factor in reshaping our future. As a queer media that prides itself in its mission to ensure … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews ISAAC a queer Spanish melodrama
Spanish filmmaking duo David Matamoros and Ángeles Hernández swap their usual roles of producers to become the co-directors and writers of his intriguing queer melodrama. Adapted from a very successful stage play, it is the story of two very different married couples who are quite ruthless in pursuing their own desires. Two close childhood … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews Jeanie Finlay’s YOUR FAT FRIEND a compelling doc that will challenge so many long-held misapprehesions
Queerguru first came across Brit filmmaker Jeanie Finlay’ in 2015 when we were bowled over by her documentary Seashorse. Her sympatico telling of the story of Freddy McConnell, a determined Brit trans man who wanted to give birth was a remarkable testament of faith by McConnell in allowing the cameras to film every part … Continue reading
Queerguru reviews Jessica Chastain’s Oscar worthy performance in THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE
We have to confess that as Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato’s exhilarating 2000 film, The Eyes of Tammy Faye, is one of our favorite queer documentaries of all time we approached the new film with the same title with such trepidation. Thankfully it turned out to be groundless as although this feature drama written … Continue reading