romance
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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 ‘I Wish You All The Best’ the excellent directing debut from Tommy Dorfman
Full credit to trans actor/filmmaker Tommy Dorfman, who, in their directing debut, had this world-weary reviewer constantly reaching for the Kleenex throughout the 90 mins. only to reach the closing credits, beaming like mad. The reason is I WISH YOU ALL THE BEST, the story of a non-binary teenager who, after being kicked out of…
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Queerguru revists OLIVIA a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry that has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation’
TURN BACK TIME : Queerguru revisits OLIVIA (also known as The Pit of Loneliness) a 1951 French film directed by Jacqueline Audry, and based on the 1950 semi-autobiographical novel of the same name by Dorothy Bussy. It has been called a “landmark of lesbian representation. Late nineteenth century in a finishing school for young girls near in France, the principal,…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘THE BEST FRIEND’ a colourful Brazilian film about queer relationships. @ Miami’s fabulous Outshine Film Festival.
Long-term romantic relationships elude many these days. Many of the reasons for this, financial and societal, are beyond our control. Other reasons we can, however, control, a main one being a lack of satisfaction with your present options for long-term love, and the wait for ‘the one’, the perfect person. Can we have it all?…
