Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMohammed, a Taliban Fighter, is captured by the US Military in Afghanistan and is being transported to a mysterious detention centre in an unnamed Eastern European country. When his transport crashes he makes a dash for freedom through the forests and snow-laden terrain of a country he doesn’t know. There are flashbacks that remind us … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhen 66-year-old Mija learns that she is in the early stages of dementia, she goes into complete denial. Her life in a South Korean suburb is already tough enough. She works as a housemaid/carer to a demanding half-paralyzed old man, and also looks after her uncontrollable sullen teenage lay-about grandson Jongwok whose father has long … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFifteen-year-old Oliver Tate is decidedly weird and extremely delusional which is all part of his charm. When he’s not day dreaming at school about the imagined outburst of nationwide grief that would occur if he died, he has two big ambitions. He is desperate to lose his virginity before his next birthday, and he also … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis depressingly grim and sadly true story of the life of troubled Brit playwright Andrea Dunbar which had very little joy, has been made into a powerfully mesmerizing movie by artist and film maker Clio Bernard who has merged documentary with performances that makes it such a compelling view. Ms Dunbar, one of nine children, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI will need to re-incarnated as a Buddhist in my next life if I am ever to fully understand and really appreciate this movie. As beautiful as it was to watch it is a tad to esoteric and possibly even pretentious for me to ‘get it’ in this life. It goes like this. Uncle Boonme … Continue reading
