Mexican
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Queerguru reviews Ivan Lowenberg’s award winning short film ENCOUNTER a tender tale about the vulnerabilities of aging
The joy of reviewing indie queer films is discovering their backstories and appreciating the passion that is the driving force behind these wee gems. No better example is ENCOUNTER by Mexican filmmaker Ivan Lowenberg, a tender tale about the vulnerabilities of aging that takes on a whole different journey when you are queer. When he…
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Who Killed Sara? (And do you really care?)
Rather than write a full review of the Netflix Mexican mystery thriller streaming series Who Killed Sara, we thought we would simply show you why it was such a smash hit within the queer community. The series follows Álex Guzmán (Manola Cardona) who, after spending 18 years in prison for a crime he did…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Mexican queer filmmaker Gian Cassini search for the troubled truth in COMALA
Mexican director Gian Cassini’s COMALA is an intimate true-crime odyssey. It follows Cassini as he attempts to uncover the truths of his father’s violent past as a small-time hitman and drug trafficker in Tijuana. Through his queer lens, Cassini unpacks the deeply-rooted networks of machismo and toxic masculinity that informed his own life and perpetuated his family’s…
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Bittersweet Waters : Being in love & true to oneself in rural Mexico
Chicago based Jesús Canchola Sánchez’s hauntingly beautiful film is one of the most impressive LGBTQ feature film debuts we have seen in a very long time.. Most of the credit goes to Sánchez who not only wrote and directed it, but he also produced and starred in it too. As the title hints, this…
