Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe latest film from queer auteur Pedro Almodovar, Spain’s most influential award-winning filmmaker, sees him reunited with actor Antonio Banderas yet again, but also a very welcome return to a homoerotic theme that were so prevalent in his early work. This is the story of a successful but tormented filmmaker Salvador Mallo (played by … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSpanish filmmaker Arantxa Echevarría feature directing debut Carmen and Lola was the first Spanish film selected to play in the Directors’ Fortnight of the Cannes Festival . It was a great start for this tale of forbidden teenage love which would go on to pick up several awards on the Film Festival circuit. This … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFor anyone who has traveled alone the first 12 wordless minutes of Fin de Sigle are so recognizably real that you don’t realize you are being set up for a love story that is not quite a poem, a painting or a dream. Gustavo, or Ocho (Juan Barberini) as he is known by his childhood … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIf you manage to sit through this whole movie, then the very thing you will certainly not be is Happy. Veteran Spanish filmmaker Ventura Pons has gathered together a very impressive European cast that include the likes of Sian Phillips, Vicky Peña, Gary Wilmot, Billy Cullum and the entire Mallorca Gay Men Chorus who all … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis is one of two lesbian dramas that Spanish filmmaker Ruth Caudeli has playing on the film festival circuit and they both share the two of the leading ladies Alejandra Lara, and Silvia Varón. Second Star on the Right is the story of four 30-something-year-old women who have been friends since schooldays. Now grown … Continue reading
