Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you celebrate Chanukah and also are an Elton John Fan then we think you will love this new music video ELTON JOHNUKAH by Six13’s Goodbye Yellow Brick Road, hello #Chanukah! Six13’s last homage to a Piano Man went so well, they thought we’d celebrate one of our most joyous holidays with a tribute … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf the new remake of West Side Story is a little too catholic for your taste, then you may prefer this Jewish one we have just come across. West Side Chanukah Story is a wonderful riff on Bernstein and Sondheim’s masterpiece and whilst the music is the same, the lyrics are definitely not. For … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor her debut feature film Emma Seligman adapted her only brilliant funny short SHIVA BABY so successfully that she picked up the Best Screenplay Award at Outfest this year. We always knew that ‘jews’ and ‘gays’ usually make good ingredients for comedy especially ones that take aim at both communities, but rarely do they … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWhen queer documentarian Eric Steel adapted David Bezmozgis ‘s short story MINYAN into his first feature film the narrative became much more personal. Like the protagonist David (Samuel H. Levine) ., Steel grew up in a New York Jewish family in the 1980’s when being gay in the midst of an AIDS pandemic was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesEvelyn Marcus a Dutch Jew starts her documentary acknowledging about her extremely good fortune that both her parents, and their families, were Holocaust survivors. Growing up in a Amsterdam suburb as a comfortable middle class family in the post WW2 Years, the emphasis of the Marcus family was celebrating life to the fullest. This … Continue reading
