Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhile Ru Paul’s Drag Race may be its own particular cup of T there’s no escaping that it has created a unique, parallel world of creativity, shade, talent and lewks that its stans and fans would sharpen stilettos to defend. But what happens to the real people, even those who might seem to be its … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEverything of Value (Alles van Waarde) is director Stanley Kolk’s originally constructed background story to a violent assault on two queer men one night in the shadow of a church in a small town in Holland. Kolk cleverly combines a fake documentary format, interviews and footage of the behind-the-scenes casting to recall this disturbing … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is very little plot in this intriguing wee movie from writer/director Jem Cohen although it is billed as a drama. Essentially it is this. Anne, a middle-aged Canadian woman, rushes off to Vienna after she gets a call that a distant cousin of hers who has no other family is in a coma. In … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideActor turned screenwriter/director Mark Webber’s somewhat overly ambitious wee film is a piece of faction. He has melded parts of his own life and used his own 4 year old son as his co-star and embroiled a piece of ‘what’s the worst thing that can happen to me’ scenario into an uncomfortable narrative. The premise … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 1988 Greta Winton was scrambling around the attic of the home in Buckinghamshire where she lived with her husband Nicholas and she uncovered a secret that he had kept from her and the whole world for 50 years. Her find was a detailed scrapbook that gave details of the daring plan her husband had … Continue reading
