Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWilliam Yang is something of a Queer Icon in Australia’s art world. A third generation Chinese-Australian born in Brisbane in the 1940’s, who as soon as he was old enough he left the genteel quiet of Queensland to head to Sydney, the gay mecca of Australia. He not only developed a acute eye and remarkable … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is very little plot in this intriguing wee movie from writer/director Jem Cohen although it is billed as a drama. Essentially it is this. Anne, a middle-aged Canadian woman, rushes off to Vienna after she gets a call that a distant cousin of hers who has no other family is in a coma. In … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen celebrated British Author Christopher Isherwood met a particularly young handsome man in his speedos on a Santa Monica beach in the 1954, he was already 48 years old. The boy, barely 18, and looking even younger, was Don Bachardy. And against all surmountable odds the mutual attraction between these two extremely different men, developed … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLars Ivar Lerin is reputed to be Sweden’s finest water-color artist whose work is much sort after. He is also a recovering alcoholic and drug addicted gay man who is desperate to find a life partner some days. Other days he is not sure about this, and most other things too. This rather charming documentary made … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSay the name Bert Stern to anyone and they will immediately think of the legendary set of photographs he took of Marilyn Monroe in her last sitting just before her death. Behind closed doors without anyone else present he captured her beauty raw and natural in stunning iconic images which still takes one’s breath away … Continue reading
