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Queerguru’s TOP PICKS OF MUST SEE FILMS @ QUEER WAVE Cyprus’s LGBTQ+ Film Fest
Cyprus, the third largest island in the Mediterranean, has a complicated history. Once a British Colony (like so much of the world ) during the 19th century when the population was far from united. The Greek Cypriot majority, which comprised 77% of the total population, sought union with Greece while the Turkish Cypriot minority of 18%…
Two excellent European coming-of-age movies coming soon that are MUST SEES
There are two very different excellent coming-of-age movies on our radar right now that are heading for movie theatres very soon and you shouldn’t miss either of them The first one is Cannes Grand Prix Winner CLOSE : a remarkably tender coming-of-age story from Belgium filmmaker Lukas Dhont. When Queerguru’s Contributing Editor Andrew Hebden…
Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews LUKAS DHONT’s ‘wounding masterpiece’ CLOSE at BFI London Film Festival
On a film that loosely follows the seasons, to say that Lukas Dhont’s Close might make you weep is as inevitable as saying winter might follow autumn. The emotions are so finely evoked in this masterful coming of age drama they could have been drawn with an eyelash. 13-year-olds Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi…
First glimpse of Cannes Grand Prix Winner CLOSE : a remarkably tender coming-of-age story from Lukas Dhont
This trailer for CLOSE from A24 Films landed in Queerguru’s intray the morning and went straight on to our MUST SEE List. Not because it has just won this year’s CANNES GRAND PRIX (ad rave reviews) but because we were immediately drawn into this remarkable tender and touching coming-of-age story. Leo and Remi are…
