Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideYou could be forgiven for thinking from the opening scenes of this new comedy from Australian actor turned director Josh Lawson that you are about to watch a movie that is like a Wikipedia of sexual practices, or even some soft-core pornography. Thankfully it is neither of those although Mr. Lawson does want us to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWim Wender’s Oscar nominated profile on the Brazilian social documentary photographer and photojournalist Sebastião Salgado is one of the most illuminating and deeply moving portraits of an artist to hit the screen in a very long time. Co-directed by Salgado’s son Juliano Ribeiro it focuses on the celebrated photographer’s extraordinary body of work with its powerful … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLate into the night he is Danger Dave, but when this chatty highly-opinionated dj turns off the mike after his gay radio show in Buffalo NY is over, he reverts back into shy Dave who is someone who has a hard time accepting himself let alone interacting with others. When the movie opens his show … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is no such thing as a bargain basement when it comes to getting yourself a mail order bride as the lonely men featured in Jonathon Naducci’s compelling and somewhat sad documentary soon realized. He chooses to follow five men from the US who have been unable to find a replacement for their ex wives, or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Kurtz Frausun’s voyeuristic record of an ill-fated relationship between two desperately troubled men is a disturbing sight that raises all sorts of questions. The first one of which is why they even allowed the intrusive camera into their lives at a time when they are both clinging on to the last vestiges of hope … Continue reading
