Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterA homage to Pier Paolo Pasolini on the 100-year anniversary of his birth will take place at the legendary Castro Theatre in San Francisco, CA. in September. It follows the recent successful Pasolini complete retrospective ‘Carnal Knowledge” that Cinecittá premiered at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Cinema Italia San … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Castro Theatre at 429 Castro Street in San Francisco celebrates its hundred years on June 22. This treasured space for film, music and live performance is also an icon of the LGBTQ community and a city Historic Landmark. It is also the place that has welcomed Marc Huestis and many of his productions for … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesA LEGACY OF WOMANHOOD, CARNIVAL HISTORY, AND CARIBBEAN CULTURE The year is 2018, and the film tells the real-life story of Joella Crichton, an actress, a York University graduate, and a contestant for thirteen years at the Caribana Festival that takes place during the summer in Toronto, Canada, where she has been reigning … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FROM OAXACA TO FINLANDIA… The movie opens with the image of a boy listening to a conch shell that reminded me of the portrait of Edouard Boubat and also Nina Ricci´s Farouche perfume from 1973. After the boy´s poetic image we see a sequence of tragedies … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesCOMEDY IS MERELY A TRAGEDY HAPPENING TO SOMEONE ELSE During the fourth wave of a pandemic in an indefinite time that may be the present moment, the near past, or in the coming future, there is a virus affecting the brain and memory in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This wacky surreal fictional film directed by … Continue reading
