The Constitution.
The Constitution is set in contemporary Zagreb in a large apartment building which has definitely seen better days. Its the tale of 4 of its inhabitants who have been neighbors for several years, but have been careful to remain complete strangers to each other. On one floor in a very spacious apartment lives Vjeko Kralj … Continue reading
THE CROWN : the disappointing final series lacks in facts, replacing them with some questionable fantasies
The late Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth is so lucky as she didn’t have to watch the highly-anticipated over-hyped final season of The Crown. As the new series starts with the death of Diana, the scriptwriter’s biggest problem is that the main players in this drama are dead and so much of what we … Continue reading
THE DADS. this excellent ‘must see’ Netflix doc is about Six fathers of LGBTQ children who bond during a fishing trip in rural Oklahoma.
Filmmaker Luchina Fisher’s couldn’t have timed the release of her excellent new Netflix documentary “The Dads” any better. Currently, with such rabid anti-trans rhetoric from right-wing conservatives getting such dangerous traction in the media, it’s refreshing to get this view from some heartfelt acceptance of transgender youth. Fisher’s film is of five fathers of … Continue reading
The Danish Boys – Danish without sugar
The Danish Boys collection of short films recently released from NQV Media has an unusual common trait across its diverse characters and circumstances. There is a focus on victimhood without redeeming purpose that is individually irritating and objectionable whilst collectively being oddly compelling. Centered around over familiar gay crucifixion scenes each ode to pain … Continue reading
The Danish Girl
This may be a thoroughly British take on this very real groundbreaking story, but immediately from the first frame the screen is awash with these muted languid tones of Copenhagen in the first half of the last century, that there is no doubt of where this is all taking place. Einar and Gerda Wegener are … Continue reading