Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen the movie opens with an overflowing blocked lavatory in a small Bed and Breakfast Guest House in Saugatuck, you can be forgiven if you panic slightly thinking that this small indie comedy may be headed down the toilet pan too. The place is run by Maggie and her ‘can’t get a date’ gay son … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSet in one of the shabbier areas in Bilbao in Northern Spain, this is a tale of racism, homophobia plus both unfulfilled and unrequited love. It’s the story of Ibra a 15 year-old youth who has fled Morocco and is living hand-to-mouth in an immigrants hostel and trying to survive on nothing but his wits. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesTom is a celebrity hairdresser in Berlin although its been years since he picked up a pair of scissors, he is also considered an important role model in the local gay community. Nowadays he is focusing on launching a range of haircare products that carry his name. His outrageously handsome boyfriend/partner takes care of the business … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis painfully unfunny dramady starts and ends with a group of four closeted gay friends at São Paulo’s Gay Parade, one of the largest in the world. As the Parade ends one of them is gay-bashed and after the beat the thugs off, they make a pact that by the time of next year’s Parade … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guide‘Do not go gentle into that good night’ wrote the celebrated Welsh poet Dylan Thomas who took his own words literally as he drank himself to death aged just 39. Despite acquiring a reputation, which he encouraged, as a ‘roistering, drunken and doomed poet’ he was still invited by a young literary critic and aspiring … Continue reading
