Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesBE MERCIFUL, EVEN AS YOUR FATHER IS MERCIFUL. JUDGE NOT, AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGE. CONDEMN NOT, AND YOU WILL NOT BE CONDEMN STOP JUDGING AND YOU WILL NOT BE JUDGE. GOD JUDGES, NOT YOU… FOR WITH THE MEASURE YOU USE IT WILL BE MEASURED BACK TO YOU. LUKE 6: 36-38 … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWriter and director Leyla Yilmaz in her second film Not Knowing (“Bilmemek”) gives a glance of Turkish society in general, and in particular, the portrait of a family of three, living in pre-pandemic Istambul. Sinan (Yurdaer Okur), the father, works with containers at the port for a big sea transportation corporation that has … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter1 Comment on Can the LGBTQ community ever get over Mark Wahlberg (past?) homophobia to enjoy his latest perfomance?Roadside Attractions are very excited about their latest new movie JOE BELL, which is released in movie theatres on July 23rd. Written by Diana Ossana & Larry McMurtry (Brokeback Mountain) and directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green (Monsters and Men) it’s based on an intimate and emotional true story. An Oregonian father decides to pay … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFrench queer filmmaker Olivier Lallart’s 35 min film is one of the most powerful dramas which homophobia we have seen for a long time Shot in 2019 in the Oise, the film starts from a love story between two young boys to describe the mechanism of homophobia fueled by rumor. After playing the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis week sees the online screening of Broken Heart Land a powerful documentary essentially about LGBTQ Rights but is also very much about a culture of prejudice, bigotry and sheer hatred that still prevails in so many parts of our country. It is a portrait of a town divided along the right/left fault-line that … Continue reading
