romance
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews NARROW PATH TO HAPPINESS the quest to record the uplifting love story of an Hungarian Romani gay couple
Narrow Path to Happiness is an uplifting fly-on-the-wall documentary following passionate Hungarian ethnic Romani couple Gergo Gagyi and Lenard Varadi in their ambitious quest to document their lives and romance as a musical. Gergo and Lenard met whilst living in an extremely poor rural Hungarian Romani community. Homophobia is rife in the…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews NORWEGIAN DREAM a multi-layered, tough yet tender, coming-of-age story
Norwegian Dream is a dark, atmospheric drama that takes a deep dive into how our social and economic living conditions affect our ability to live our truest lives. Robert (the chiseled, super handsome Hubert Milkowski) is a 19-year-old Polish migrant-worker, living in a remote coastal area of Norway and working in a salmon processing…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews ALIGNED a touching debut movie from Greek filmmaker Apollo Bakopoulos
TO GIVE THE GIFT OF YOUR TRUE SELF… A bird’s view of Greek ruins, several close-ups of a contemporary dancer in movement, and the lyrics of a song referring to wolves inside, howling, provide the tone for an intimate story of growth, self-love, assurance, and romance set in Athens and New York City. Aeneas…
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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…
