Tag: comedy
Radha Blank’s highly entertaining ‘The Forty-Year-Old- Version’ reviewed by Queerguru’s Janet Prolman
“The Forty-Year-Old- Version“ is a highly entertaining film written, directed by, and starring Radha Blank. The title, a play on words (remember “The 40-Year-Old-Virgin?”), signals that despite its heavy subtext of the sexism, racism, and ageism in the theater world, the tone and delivery are not without humor and a bit of spoofing, The…
Is Joe Vs Carole finally the end of the Joe Exotic saga?
After three seasons of the Netflix documentary about the life of the outrageous gay former zookeeper and convicted felon Joe Exotic , you would think that the public would have no more appetite for his antics. How wrong you would be. There were two feature films/series in the work although the one starring…
Party-N-Play is comedic, black LGBTQ psychological thriller for every hardcore Beyonce fan
If you are a hardcore Beyonce fan who would sell your own mother to get your hands on a ticket for a Queen B gig, then you’ll probably love this funny wee film. Party-N-Play is a fun and comedic, black LGBTQ psychological thriller about a loyal Beyoncé fan who spends all his rent money…
From Queerguru archives : A MATTER OF SIZE a 2009 Israeli ‘coming out movie’ of a different kind
Herzi (Itzik Cohen) is a very likable obese man, living in a small town in Israel, who gets mad when he is thrown out of his Dieting Club by its skinny tyrannical leader who calls him a whale cos he is actually putting on weight. To make matters worse, he then gets fired from…
Queerguru reviews THE BEST FAMILIES a comedy of errors by Javier Fuentes-León (Undertow)
Its been 12 years since Peruvian writer/director Javier Fuentes-León’s award-winning queer fantasy/romance UNDERTOW grabbed all our attention. Not just because an LGBTQ film from his country is still a rarity but because it was such a remarkable and wonderful ghost story. This tale of a married fisherman who struggles to reconcile his devotion to…
