Tag: lesbian
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BENEDETTA : violence, sex, love and madness : not a typical Nuns story!
Benedetta is the latest masterpiece from acclaimed movie director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Total Recall, Basic Instinct, Elle). Set in plague-ridden Renaissance Italy during the 17th Century, Benedetta is based on the true-life story of a lesbian nun, first captured in Judith Brown’s 1986 biography of Sister Benedetta Carlini. Starring Virginia Efira as Benedetta, Charlotte…
Phyllis Christopher : In Pictures: Lesbian Sex and Protest in 1990s San Francisco
Currently at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, in the NE corner of the UK is a stunning retrospective of the work of Phyllis Christopher. Titled CONTACTS it is an intimate glimpse at the lesbian community in San Francisco in the ‘90s Phyllis Christopher is an American photojournalist living and working in Gateshead.…
A Very Girl Night Stand Christmas
If you are a lesbian who procrastinated about spending the holidays with your girlfriend and her family, then you’ll love this delightful wee short by writer/director/actor Jenna Laurenzo. She plays the neurotic Kate who is now regretting she turned down her girlfriend’s Sarah (Meryl Jones Williams) invite and deems it necessary to make a…
Lifetime TV discovers Lesbians under the Christmas Tree
The film department at Queerguru are getting quite giddy these days …… and we haven’t even had the Office annual Christmas Party yet. First the news that Netflix had finally joined the other networks and produced their very first queer Christmas. Its called “Slngle All the Way’ and it’s really quite good (you should…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews WEST NORTH WEST a Japanese queer drama that explores themes of gender, sexuality, nationality, and religious identity
Set amongst the bustling crowds and underground karaoke clubs of Tokyo, WEST NORTH WEST explores themes of gender, sexuality, nationality, and religious identity through the complex desires of three women. The film is now featuring on PeccadilloPOD, a new On-Demand platform for LGBTQ+ cinema. Beautiful Kei (Hanae Kan) works at a cocktail bar,…
