Tag: coming of age
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…
INTERESTED IN the deeply touching and hilarious coming-of-age web series is BACK with SERIES 2
We have no idea how we let the first web series of INTERESTED IN slip by our eagle-eyed team of reviewers, but now we have discovered Series 2 that has just kicked off on YouTube we have become totally addicted. Created by its star NY-based actor, writer and director Michael Witkes …. who’s alter-ego…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WILDHOOD a beautiful ‘two-spirit’ coming of age story
Wildhood is a beautiful queer coming of age story set within Canada’s first nation Mi’kmaq people, a community over 14,000 years old, based in rural Nova Scotia. The road movie introduces us to Link, (Phillip Lewitski), a Two-Spirit, half Mi’kmaq teenager, and his younger half-brother Travis (Avery Winters-Anthony). The term Two-Spirit loosely refers to…
Beyto : the coming-of-age story of a closeted gay immigrant stuck between two worlds
Films about closeted gay swimmers seem to be cropping up all over the place. and although BEYTO may not be the best of the bunch, it will certainly appeal to hardcore queer moviegoers. It’s a contemporary melodrama that highlights the problems of young LGBTQ immigrants who find themselves stuck between the liberal culture of…
Queerguru reviews ON THE FRINGE OF WILD a poignant tale of young queer love
On The Fringe of Wild, the feature film debut of director Emma Catalfamo and writer Sorelle Doucet is a contemporary coming-out-tale set in the outbacks of Ontario where time and rampant homophobia have seemingly stood still. It is a very sharp reminder that even in 2021 life is still made unbearable for LGBTQ…
