romance
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm drew the lucky straw and got to review the (excellent) ‘THE HISTORY OF SOUND’
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, both familiar with portraying LGBTQ+ characters, deliver profoundly moving performances in writer Ben Shattuk’s tender love story The History of Sound. Often compared, somewhat lazily, to Brokeback Mountain, this film distinguishes itself by weaving the emotional magic of music into its narrative. It’s not love at first sight, but…
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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,…
