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Queer Romance Films
Posted on 1 February, 2022While most of my monthly themes are random and don’t always connect to anything specific, this month’s actually does – Queer Romance Films for Valentine’s Day. Yes, it’s utterly cheesy – forgive me! But after last year’s success with 5 Queer RomCom’s For Valentine’s Day, I just HAD to keep up the theme. Besides, there’s nothing wrong with with great romances. I have a second confession though – it was NOT easy to pick this…
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Queer Western Films
Posted on 27 August, 2021If there was a genre that can be imagined vividly with just one word, that would have to be Westerns. We hear the word and automatically think of cowboys and Indians, the wild wild west, horse treks and the open frontier, gun fights and brawls at the local saloon, and so much more. The American West certainly was iconic! In fact, IMDb defines their “Western” category as films that “contain numerous scenes and/or a narrative…
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3.5
A Skeleton In The Closet
Posted on 21 January, 2021A new release from TLA Releasing, “A Skeleton In The Closet” is a brand new Argentinean film about a family sorting though accepting their son Manual after he shocking came out while home over the Christmas break. But Manual is having a tough time himself when his boyfriend suddenly breaks up with him, leaving him feeling even more alone. This beautiful film balances family and personal drama and tests the strength of relationships, especially when…
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5.0
Stillman’s Portrait
Posted on 2 January, 2021A painter struggling to create a new showpiece, missing the key to unlock the portrait in his mind. A key that potentially is back at home with his estranged father, but requires a different self journey and an attempt to reconnect and finally reveal his true self. With a bit of an art film feel to it, there’s something special about Stillman’s journey in “Stillman’s Portrait”. But hidden behind this beautiful film is an even…
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5.0
Tomorrow
Posted on 27 December, 2020Ah – that high school crush on your best friend, questioning whether you are just close buddies – or perhaps something more. Add in the uncertainty of the future when you’re both seniors about to head off to college and a New Year’s Eve party to welcome in the new millennium, you’ve got the gist of “Tomorrow”! This coming of age queer short film is rather stunning to watch, a simple story that’s actually full…
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1.0
Visions of Sugar Plums
Posted on 8 December, 2020This Queer film review is part of my “Queer Holiday Film Reviews for 2020” post. “Visions of Sugarplums was on my contenders for last year’s Top 5 Queer Christmas Reviews, but it didn’t quite stand out as strong as the films I actually reviewed. But this year I’ve decided to revisit this older film. Between reading over my notes and rewatching it this year, I cannot deny the truth – this film is bad, like…
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4.5
Were the World Mine
Posted on 17 June, 2020In “Were The World Mine”, Director/Writer Tom Gustafson takes his well-received short, “Fairies“, and expanded it into a feature length film that addresses the question: If you had a love-potion, who would you make fall madly in love with you? Additionally, he finally answers many of the questions we were left wondering from his short. Those answers are woven amid a retelling/twist of Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and the magical world of fairies – except this…
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