Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiques2023 was a particularly good year for some excellent queer cinema, but you wouldn’t have known that if you have been following all the major Award Shows this year. The Oscars managed to nominate Colman Domingo for Rustin …… the only 2nd time in the Academy’s history that a gay man was nominated for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSo the 2024 Academy Award Nominations have been announced, The (very) good news is that Colman Domingo is the second gay actor nominated in Oscar history for playing a gay character ….Bayard Rustin. The first one was back in 1999 when Sir Ian McKellan was nominated for for his portrayal of James Whale … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesComing-of-age films tend to have a protagonist in their late teens, but what happens if your life at that age is too fraught and difficult to come of age properly? That was the case for most queer people in 1980s Britain. A very homophobic press and media, reflecting national opinions, combined with an … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter1 Comment on 2023 is the Year of out Irish award-winning actor ANDREW SCOTT (and we cannot get enough of him)Irish actor Andrew Scott has enjoyed a very successful career on stage and in film for the past 28 years. Highlights include portraying James Moriarty in the BBC series Sherlock , for which he won the BAFTA Television Award and Fleabag (2019) which earned him the Critics’ Choice Television Award for Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAll of us in the Queerguru Office are really jealous of Andrew Hebden. He’s our London-based Contributing Editor who is covering BFI’s London Film Festival which runs from 4 to 15 October 2023 where they will be screening one of the most highly anticipated queer movies of 2023. ‘All Of Us Strangers‘ is the … Continue reading
