Mexican
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘THE LAST FIRST TIME’ a sexy, highly charged Mexican coming-of-age drama
Can you remember your first proper night out as an adult? The first time you had sex? Remember how easy it was to meet people and make friends as an eighteen-year-old? Writer and director Rafael Ruiz Espejo takes us back to the heady days of our youth – not so long ago for many of…
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Queerguru reviews ‘DANCE OF THE 41’ : a Mexican queer romance and political drama from Netflix
Dance seems to be the theme of our movie choices from Netflix this week. Hot on the heels of 10Dance a passionate Japanese queer romance, we headed to Dance of the 41, a Mexican marital melodrama, queer romance, that is also a political drama directed by David Pablos. The movie is based on a scandalous…
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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…
