French Canadian
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Queerguru reviews SOLO a story about the different layers of a drag queen’s quest for love
This exhilarating look at Montreal’s drag scene is the third movie directed by Sophie Dupuis and staring Theodore Pellerin. He plays Simon, make up artist by day, star drag queen at night, who lives with his best friend who is also his sister Maud. When we first see him he is on stage pouring…
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A Skin So Soft ….. on men so hard
There is something uncomfortably riveting about French/Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté documentary that really brings out the voyeur in you. In this almost silent look at half a dozen bodybuilders he invites us to observe their complete obsession with their bodies which dominates their lives complete. Each gram of food is weighed meticulously, every daily…
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THE AUCTION aka Le Dematelement
Gaby Gagnon hasn’t had more than three days off work in the past 40 years. Working his isolated hilly sheep farm totally on his own with just his dog for company and the occasional neighbor passing by, his is a very solitary and desolate life. Once a week Louis his friend and accountant stops by…