José Mayorga
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews DAYS OF HAPPINESS (Les jours heureux) a lesbian romance that has to compete with a toxic paternal relationship
This Canadian relationship drama by director Chloé Robichaud follows the emotional journey of Emma (Sophie Desmarais) from the first scene: on a sunny day she jumps to rest on a floater at the pond, closes her eyes for a while and when she opens them again realizes she is far from the shore and…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews CASSANDRO the story of the gay amateur wrestler who rose to international stardom
Mexican Lucha libre is the most spectacular of sports and the most sporty of spectacles…and was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mexico City in 2018. Based on Greco-Roman wrestling, it is a mixture of sport and theatre (dance and performance in the ring). The Lucha Libre wrestlers are well-known and among the…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews The Latent Image a British queer thriller
A fiction into a fiction where strangers share time and space, not knowing their intentions. A log cabin in the woods, a typewriter machine, a handy camera film, and sharp objects complement each other in this tale of sexual desire and danger. Ben (Joshua Tonks) is a writer in need of insight to tell…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ELEPHANT a Polish intimate story about choosing freedom above family obligations.
Polish landscape and rural life are beautifully shot in this fictional drama that portrays families living rooted in tradition and discomfort, no doubt the effects of the last strong Soviet influence on Poland still project its shadow in the lives of the older ones in the small village. We are introduced to young Bartek…
