love story
Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews PRIVATE DESERT a Brazilian queer drama that is about hopelessness and hope at the same time
The film opens with the protagonist Daniel (Antonio Saboia), a police officer, jogging in the middle of the night. The scene immediately highlights a sense of him running away from himself and the almost palpable loneliness. In the first half an hour of the film, the strong bond between Daniel and his ex-police officer…
Queerguru’s David Lagachu reviews LONESOME an Australian queer love story refreshingly told with sex-positivity
The opening scene of Lonesome resembles a Hollywood Western as our protagonist Casey (Josh Lavery) keeps pace with the sun while running away from his reality. He dons a cowboy hat and the classic blue jeans and white T-shirt combo that immediately endow him with an eye-candy-cum-rebellious persona. His face has the sharpness as…
Queerguru’s José Mayorga reviews “Nelly and Nadine “: the unlikely love story between two women falling in love on Christmas Eve, 1944
The film captured me from the beginning; a sequence of a newsreel from April 28th, 1945 shot at Malmö Harbor, Sweden, in which a large group of women reaches freedom after German concentration camps. We see them smile and say hello to the camera, there is Nadine with her white scarf, striped uniform,…
You Make Me Weak at the Knees : a film by Joseph Wilson
With Valentine’s Day around the corner, we are reminded that it’s not just about celebrating by those within society’s perception of the norm of romantic love, but all of us somewhere on the spectrum You Make Me Weak at the Knees is a new narrative by the brilliant East London queer indie filmmaker Joseph…
