Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterqueerguru usually avoids Film Festival first nights as programmers often opt for some high-profile fluffy crowd-pleaser, so we were really thrilled to learn that MIFO’s Program Director Joe Bilancio has actually selected such a stunning movie for the Opening Gala of their Fort Lauderdale edition this October . In 1990, seven young male dancers … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterThere is not one but two excellent LGBT movies that are rooted in sport that are playing the Film Festival circuit right now and are destined to be released on VOD/DVD very soon. The Brit film The Pass was originally a play that ran at the Royal Court Theater some years ago. Starring out-gay actor … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterSometimes queerguru can sort of predict the future. We knew back in March when we wrote about Dan Savage’s Hump! Film Festival that was about to tour the U.S. that our friends at O Cinema, Miami’s cutting edge art house would insist on playing host for a week, and they have from September 16th. Hump! … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterIf you are a regular reader of this site then you will know from the amount of attention that we have been giving to Kate Winslet’s new movie The Dressmaker, that we just simply cannot wait to see it. This revenge comedy is about a a glamorous, worldly dressmaker who returns to her small Australian hometown … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queermatterViva : 2016 This story of Jesus (Héctor Medina) an 18 year old hairdresser who is desperate to break out of his very sparse and miserable existence in one of Havana’s poorest neighborhoods and make something out of his life, and it surprisingly turns out to be one of the very best Irish LGBT movies … Continue reading
