Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrances Ha is a mess. The rather charming thing is that she is the only one who doesn’t see that. She’s a 27 year awkward and gangly young woman living in New York whose headset has never moved on from being a college student. She sails through her disparate life without a steady job, or … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDoes the end ever justify the means? If agitprop is acceptable, where do we draw the fine line when it melds into environmental terrorism? This gripping new thriller which pitches us all against the inequities of large industrial conglomerates who are poisoning and polluting both us and our planet raises these questions, although the network of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFlight attendant Won-Gyu returns home to South Korea for the first time in two years. He calls his ex-boyfriend out of the blue, but their reunion is far from successful because of some unresolved issues. Back in his Hotel room he goes online and hooks up with Tae-Jun a motorbike courier and the two men … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJack is a 30-something-year-old ex-pat Brit living and working in New York when the INS refuses to renew his Residency Visa and he faces the real possibility of having to leave and go back to the UK which he left back when he was a teenager. Within the first few minutes of the movie, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis very edgy film about two gay men exploring their relationship in real time is a bold experiment from Greek filmmaker George Markaris (transplanted to Berlin). With very little dialogue this largely improvised piece is in eight different segments that cover the whole spectrum of these two young men’s experiences together. They cover Pain, Lust, … Continue reading
