This debut feature from German filmmaker Jules Herrmann is rather a puzzling mixture of styles and techniques that ensure that this is no ordinary thriller. The story starts with the unannounced arrival of Antik Liebmann (Godehard Giese) a forty-something school teacher who turns up to spend the summer in a rented apartment in a small French town. … Continue reading
Thirty-something-year-old gay couple Mark and Jonah’s relationship is already looking shaky when they go out with their best friends to celebrate Mark’s latest birthday. The evening doesn’t quite turn as planned when the friends announce that for the next three months leading up to their wedding they are allowing each other licence to have final flings. The … Continue reading
Junn is a rather disgruntled 60-something year old Chinese woman who has been co-oreced against her will into moving into a care facility for Seniors by Kai her son. The opening scenes of this wee British drama see the unhappy mother berating her only child for her present predicament which is exasperated by the fact … Continue reading
NY based Filipino trans filmmaker Isobel Sandoval’s heart-wrenching third feature film is sadly one of those tales of the moment that seem like they can never end well. Its the story of Olivia (played by Sandoval) who is an undocumented Filipino caregiver who looks after Olga an elderly Russian Jewish women (Lynn Cohen) in … Continue reading
This rather touching and gentle gay drama which is a very impressive debut from newbie filmmaker Sudanashu Saria, takes on an even greater than usual resonance by the mere fact that it is set in India where homosexuality was still illegal at the time. However in fact the movie, evidently shot very much on the down-low, … Continue reading