fbpx

Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews DUINO : ‘a film director’s encounter with an old friend reopens old wounds’

Posted on Categories queertiquesLabels , , , , , , , , ,

    In a kind of real life Call Me By Your Name meets Saltburn, Argentinian film maker Juan Pablo de Pace and his friend Andrés Pepe Estrada have written a touching memoir of unrequited teenage love, how it impacts our emotions growing up and how our romantic memories change with time. It’s a subject … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorgas reviews CIURÉ , the debut feature of Gianpiero Puno. “Life in suburban Palermo can be tough”

Posted on Categories queertiquesLabels , , , , , , ,

    A whimsical sequence of a child´s hands playing under a sheet bathed by the morning light, after what seems to have been a short night sleep ,and a tired bearded man waking up completely. The joyful father/son moment transforms into a rush since the kid is late for school and the father takes … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews THE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER  (La bella estate) from Laura Luchetti

Posted on Categories queertiquesLabels , , , , , , ,

  Set in Pre-war Turin with  Benito Mussolini´s speeches as background, the film shows the journey into adulthood of a young woman from the countryside coming to the city with her brother, in a story held by pins. Ginia (Yile Yara Vianello) is a skillful and dedicated seamstress, dress and pattern maker working at a … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Janet Prolman reviews Girls Don’t Cry (Le ragazze non piangono) that screened at Wicked Queer   

Posted on Categories queertiquesLabels , , , , ,

    What dyke wouldn’t enjoy a road movie featuring two women in a camper van?   Especially an old, beat-up camper that has been lovingly cleaned, restored, and decorated by the main character, Ele.  This subtitled movie from Italy begins with a blurry nighttime shot of a young woman running from a building, with men in … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews MASCARPONE: THE RAINBOW CAKE ‘a very entertaining feature on the quest for love’

Posted on Categories queertiquesLabels , , , , , , , ,

  Mascarpone: The Rainbow Cake (Maschile Plural) is the sequel to 2021’s award-winning debut Mascarpone. (see our review HERE) In the first film, handsome thirty-year old Italian, Antonio (Giancarlo Commare), splits up with his husband and moves in with a sex worker, Denis. Denis fixes him up with a job as an apprentice baker with … Continue reading



Follow queerguru

Search This Blog


View queertiques By:

Newsletter