Tag: José Mayorga
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ACSEXABILITY an unmissable very personal story from Brazilian filmmaker Daniel Gonçalves
DESIRE IS A HUMAN RIGHT, FOR EVERYONE. Joao Paulo Lima The first sequence of this Brazilian documentary is a long descriptive one, orally rich and visually intriguing with silhouettes that fade out to allow what follows, a profoundly human narrative right up to the end. The film is a salutation to the ancestors whose…
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews Marco Berger’s ‘The Astronaut Lovers’ the Opening Night Gala Film at Queer Screen Mardi Gras Festival in Sydney
No astronaut will refuse to look at the stars… In this romantic comedy from Argentinian Teddy Award Winner Marco Berger (one of Queerguru’s very favorite queer filmmakers) Javier Orán and Lautaro Bettoni are Pedro and Maxi, friends from childhood reunited years later at a beach house with a group of friends, during a weekend. While…
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews THE BEAUTIFUL SUMMER (La bella estate) from Laura Luchetti
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…
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews SISI AND I : the fatal life story of the Empress of Austria
A bewitching association of the Sleeping Beauty tale and the Austro-Hungary Empress through the eyes of the lady-in-waiting. Lights on it is showtime, literally and as a metaphor of what we are going to watch in this fictional story with a queer twist based on the life and death of Duchess Elisabeth…
Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews CHUCK CHUCK BABY : is love better the second time around?
There is no reason why my beign shy shoul keep us apart… In a land not so far away, we learn about generosity, female relationships and queer romance. A white fluffy Dandelion´s seed pods flies around and gets into a room with pink walls where Helen´s hands receive it. Helen (Louise Brealey) lives with…
