Tag: comedy
Next Level Sh-t
Here’s another of those ‘been there, done that’ queer experiences although when it happened to us it may not have seemed so fun or cute at the time. Taylor (Ben Baur) is preparing for his make-or-break third date with Chris (Daniel K. Isaac). As he is certain the evening will end up the bedroom…
Black Hats are The New Black
You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the thoroughly entertaining award-winning Israeli award winning series The New Black , but it does help. Set in an upscale Yeshiva in Jerusalem, the story is about four young ‘shababnicks’. This we soon learn is a term for a young ultra-Orthodox person who leaves his or…
The Selling Shit Show
So when this landed in Queerguru’s inbox, we called host Nora Burns and asked her WTF is this ? She told us “it’s actually a weird concept bc I’m not sure if anyone’s really done it, but will be part show, filmed in a studio and then virtual interviews with people in their…
Andrew Hebden @ BFI Film Fest London reviews KAJILLIONAIRE
While we suspect the success of Bong Joon-ho’s satirical Parasite made this odd story of a family of grifters an easier sell to its Executive Producer Brad Pitt we are glad to report that Miranda July’s Kajillionaire quickly sets its own glorious course tearing apart the nuances of sentiment rather than the notions of…
SHIVA BABY : where the last thing on everyone”s mind is Mourning
For her debut feature film Emma Seligman adapted her only brilliant funny short SHIVA BABY so successfully that she picked up the Best Screenplay Award at Outfest this year. We always knew that ‘jews’ and ‘gays’ usually make good ingredients for comedy especially ones that take aim at both communities, but rarely do they…
