Tag: Asian

  • Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews  BODY SHOP  the latest sexual exploits from acclaimed filmmaker Scud

    Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BODY SHOP the latest sexual exploits from acclaimed filmmaker Scud

      Bodyshop is the latest, and final film by acclaimed queer Hong Kong filmmaker Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung), who is retiring. A front-runner in Asian queer film-making, his previous films include Voyage, Utopians, Amphetamine and Adonis. Scud is a unique filmmaker, and here combines extreme sex, nudity, and rape scenes with documentary-type interviews, camp elements,…

  • The first global queer Asian video-on-demand service is launched

    The first global queer Asian video-on-demand service is launched

      A few years ago Queerguru was asked to share some of our film reviews with a brand new queer streaming service that was just opening in Taiwan. Fast forward to today and that same service GagaOOLala has gone global making it the first  and only queer asian video-on-demand service in the world  They carry…

  • Taxi Stories

    Taxi Stories

    Chinese/American filmmaker Doris Yeung’s sophomore feature is an ambitious and intriguing medley of three separate stories that highlight the disparity of wealth and social standing in contemporary Asia.  Each of them center around around a taxi of some sort ….. hence the title ….. and are set in Hong Kong, Beijing and Jakarta respectively. They have…

  • Front Cover : when two very different Chinese reluctantly fall in love

    Front Cover : when two very different Chinese reluctantly fall in love

    Ryan Fu is a highly creative celebrity stylist in N.Y. who measures his success in the number of magazine covers that his clients are featured on.  An immaculate dresser himself, he leads a very happy life as a gay fashionista hanging out with a very chic fast crowd. One day his Boss announces to Ryan…

  • Queerguru reviews Quentin Lee’s WHITE FROG

    Queerguru reviews Quentin Lee’s WHITE FROG

    Chaz Young is the eldest son in a wealthy Chinese/American family living in a rather palatial house in Los Angeles.  He’s a handsome and popular athletic high school student and is considered quite perfect by more than a few people, especially his younger brother Nick who idolizes him.  When Chaz is killed by a drunk…