romance
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Queerguru reviews PINECONE a queer Indian film that’s an exploration of love, relationships, and self-discovery.
Like so much of the old British Empire when Brits finally exited countries they had colonized they left behind some very restrictive and inhumane laws. India is one such case. The country gained independence in 1947 but it took the Indian Supreme Court another 70 years to repeal the British Colonial law that had…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ELEPHANT a Polish intimate story about choosing freedom above family obligations.
Polish landscape and rural life are beautifully shot in this fictional drama that portrays families living rooted in tradition and discomfort, no doubt the effects of the last strong Soviet influence on Poland still project its shadow in the lives of the older ones in the small village. We are introduced to young Bartek…
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CLAY FARMERS : a queer western romance that preceded Brokeback Mountain by 18 years
Clay Farmers is a queer western-based romance that was made in 1988 a full 17 years before Brokeback Mountain, although it never created anything like the same impact as its successor. It is the debut, and only feature-length film from director A P Gonzalez from the only script ever written by Michael Moore was…
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First trailer of Almodovar’s queer cowboy romance STRANGE WAY OF LIFE
The first trailer for Almodovar’s highly anticipated queer Western romance has just dropped and we couldn’t be more excited. Strange Way of Life stars Pedro Pascal and Ethan Hawke and follows the two of them as cowboys who reunite after 25 years apart to discover a very definite spark. Years ago Almodovar passed…
