Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe day before the Oscars, Santa Monica always plays host to the Film Independent Spirit Awards that recognize and honor the work of independent filmmakers. They have been going in some shape or form since 1984, and have come to be respected as awards that people love to win, and in a very casual … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThe best inspiration for any LGBT drama is drawing on personal experience as in the case of budding filmmaker Matthew Puccini’s second short narrative LAVENDER. It is the tale of Inez an innocent young gay man who’s quite shy when it comes to dating, but that all changes when a hook up on Grindr leads … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterPosted with permission from AFP Gay cinema pioneer Rupert Everett said his new biopic about legendary literary dandy Oscar Wilde captures him as a “Christ-like” figure who sacrificed himself for the future global LBGTQ rights movement. Everett penned, directed and starred in his years-long passion project about the flamboyant 19th-century Irish writer, “The Happy Prince“, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterFox Searchlight has just released a clip of Wes Anderson’s highly anticipated new stop-motion movie ISLE OF DOGS. Set in a dystopian future Japan, where dogs have all been quarantined on a remote island because of a “canine flu”, Isle of Dogs follows the adventures of five local dogs — Chief, Rex, Boss, Duke and King — when their … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatter“Ladies and Gentlewomen” a Tamil language, Indian groundbreaking documentary by Malini Jeevarathnam is the first ever lesbian movie in that language. It is an attempt to break the silence about the dynamics of lesbianism and covers love, life, but also suicide among lesbians in that country. While researching for the film, Malini met around 85 women from the … Continue reading
