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Queerguru reviews FAIRYLAND an excellent film about a gay dad and his daughter growing up in SF in the 70s and 80s

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  Although it’s over 30 years since the AIDS pandemic decimated the queer community it’s still a very raw memory for so many of us. In the new millennium, we were inundated with fictional movies on the subject, and the majority of them were appalling. Sensationalized, morbid, alarmist, and even excuses to promote rampant homophobia.  … Continue reading



The Long Call : a new Brit crime drama with a queer love twist

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  We learned two significant facts in the first episode of the Long Call a new Brit TV crime mini-series (available worldwide via Brit-Box).  First, the title of this seaside drama is also the noise made by a herring gull …. but more importantly this was the first police drama where the male lead detective … Continue reading



Dear Tenant : when queer love does not conquer all

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  You’ll need to grab a whole box of tissues before you start watching this heartbreaking queer drama from Tawainese filmmaker Cheng Yu-Chieh.  This story of loss in itself is sad but set against a background where society still punishes a man for his sexuality, it’s almost impossible not to get angry as the story … Continue reading



Dreamgirls at the Drive In : One Night Only

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  We have just heard of the perfect excuse to jump in our car and drive to Atlanta Georgia this coming weekend.  OUT ON FILM  Atlanta’s queer Film Festival is taking over the Drive-In for a special screening of the 2008 Oscar-winning musical Dreamgirls. It’s the movie that introduced the extraordinary talented Jennifer Hudson to … Continue reading




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