Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guide1n 1973 the American Psychiatric Association declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. Later that same year ‘LOVE IN ACTION’ was founded by an evangelical Christian ministry specifically ‘to restore those trapped in sexual and relational sin through the power of Jesus Christ’ i.e. to forcible make gay men straight. As the oldest established ‘ex-gay’ organization … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis enchanting new profile of the great Broadway star that has just turned 91 years and is still performing, is an affectionate and admiring look at her long career. It’s heavy on the sentiment but apart from her last brief and happy marriage to her childhood sweetheart (who sadly died shortly after filming) is scantily passes over her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhat better way to celebrate Chinese New Year at Sundance than selecting ‘CHINA HEAVYWEIGHT’ as my first movie of the day. Evidently that old curmudgeon Chairman Mao banned boxing in China as he said it was the sport of capitalism and thus very bad. It wasn’t until after Mohammed Ali visited China in 1979 as a goodwill ambassador that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 2009 I remembered being totally enamored with an irrepressible young Italian gay couple that documented the struggle of acceptance of gay rights in their Country and being totally horrified about the vitriol and power of the Far Right Political Parties that seem to make the American Evangelistic Conservatives seem like real sweethearts by comparison. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is a feature length documentary on MARINA ABRAMOVIC the celebrated Performance Artist as as she prepared for her major retrospective as Museum Of Modern Art in N.Y. in 2010. Premiered at SUNDANCE 2012 this is reprinted from my Festival Blog. It is a major event for any living artist to be given a retrospective … Continue reading
