Roger Walker-Dack at www.queerguru.com

After Saar Maoz an utterly charming 40 year old man served as a paratrooper in the Israeli Army, he was kicked out of the Kibbutz where he had been living with his large extended family for being gay, so he moved to London to begin again and look for the love of his life.  Now 18 years later, his ‘forever’ boyfriend left after three years and the very untamed man that took his place lead Saar down a wild and indulgent path which resulted him being diagnosed HIV+. With his conservative religious family back in Israel struggling with their very judgmental opinions […]

Literally just a stone’s throw from the corridors of power in our nation’s capital, lies a whole area of Washington that is completely alien territory to most Americans. Seeing it portrayed in this startling powerful new documentary, you find that you have to pinch yourself to remember what is being played out here is not some fictional dramatized TV program, but very real life. This area is home to hundreds of african/american and latino gay and transgender youth who have to survive in a culture which has one of the highest rates of anti-gay violence in the whole country, but who […]

The legendary gay activist and writer Larry Kramer always takes great pains to state that how as a community we need our history ….. and he is not just talking about the tome he published last year The American People. It’s a topic that is very dear to queerguru’s heart especially now that several of the struggles for equality have come to fruition, and there is a real danger that some our new freedoms will make us somewhat complacent and start to forget the fearless brave pioneers who made them all possible. This new wonderfully uplifting documentary from filmmakers Jonah Markowitz and Tracy Wares is […]

  Jonathan (Jannis Niewöhner)  is a broody blonde boy who has taken over the responsibility for running the family farm in a remote farm in rural Germany which he balances with caring for Berghard his very sick father (André Hennicke) who is dying  of cancer. The two have never been close and have an uneasy relationship and even now that his days are obviously numbered, the father still refuses to tell Jonathan about his mother who died when he was a mere boy.  Now 24 years  old Jonathan is about to accidentally uncover some of the very many secrets that his father, […]

  Middle-aged Armando (Alfredo Castro) is a rather solitary dental technician who cruises the streets of one of Caracas rougher neighborhood looking to pick up teenage boys.  He is more of a voyeur than a fornicator as he lures them back to his apartment with a thick wad of cash just to have them undress whilst he masturbates. There is no touching involved and very little talking. However when he picks up a rather angry petulant boy called Elder (Luis Silva) he doesn’t even get this far, as the boy hits him over the head with a heavy object and storms out […]

When you read that the Italian writer/director of an LGBT movie has actually been threatened with ex-communication by the  Church,  and that the Catholic Press has even refused to review the film as it is causing so much offense, then you suppose that it must be so racy/edgy that you are in for a real treat.  In this particular case you would be sadly so wrong, and after sitting through 90 mins of Me, Myself and Her, the only offensive thing about it this very dated and cliched story is that it really is simply too boring for words. It’s a […]