Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Robin Campillo’s disturbing new thriller sharply contrasts two different sides of society in contemporary France with a very chilling effect. The first chapter of his four part story is a near cinéma vérité scene of the Gard de Nord where a gang of Eastern European youths are trailing the platforms seemingly aimlessly, but are obviously set on … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAuteur is a much misappropriated word in cinema in the same way designer is in fashion, but the idiosyncratic extraordinary Leos Carax is one filmmaker who so unreservedly deserves the accolade. This new affectionate tribute to him examines why since his first film at the tender age of 24 ‘Boy Meets Girl’ won him an Award … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAlain Guiraudie’s intriguing new thriller is about as homoerotic as can be without crossing the divide into soft porn. Its set on a tranquil isolated lake in a beautiful corner of the French countryside where the beach front is sparsely occupied by a handful of men sunbathing in the buff. Behind them lies a small … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIsabelle is on vacation with her parents and kid brother in the South of France and she celebrates her 17th Birthday by losing her virginity to Felix a young German lad she met on the beach. You can tell that to her its no fun at all and its more like a rite of passage … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWith his last short film completed French theater/actor turned filmmaker Antony Hickling brings his wonderful surreal triptych to the screen. In the nearest thing there is to a plot in this bizarre kaleidoscope of images and art, it is essentially the story of a young gay boy, from his birth to his teenage years, in which he … Continue reading
