Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThis month Elska marks its eight-year anniversary. During this time the project has published forty-three beautiful print ‘bookazines’, each made in a different city and focused on sharing the bodies and voices of diverse men from LGBTQ communities around the world. The goal of Elska is two-fold. One is to transport readers to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe title of Jason Karman’s debut feature film is also the name of the family restaurant in the movie but it could almost pass as a critique too on this charming coming-of-age story. Set in an anglo-Asiian community in East Vancouver where the Wong family all seem to have their own identity crisis caused … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe feature film debut from writer/director Welby Ings, an Academy Award Nominee for his short film Boy, is this very compelling coming-of-age story that packs a real punch. Set in rural New Zealand and starring Brit import Tim Roth it’s a tale of how small-town homophobia which combined with racism can have explosive … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesRialto, the sophomore feature film from Scottish filmmaker Philip Mackie Burns was written by queer Irish playwright Mark O’Halloran who adapted from his own award-winning stage play ‘Trade’. Incidentally O’Halloran also wrote the script of the stunning film Viva which in 2015 was Ireland’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Film at the Academy … Continue reading
