Extra Terrestres
When Teresa (Marisé Alvarez) finally goes home after a 7 year absence to visit her very conservative family, she isn’t the only one feeling a little chicken. (Sorry we couldn’t resist the pun). She’s gone back to Puerto Rico to not just ‘come out’ as a lesbian to her family, but also to invite them to … Continue reading
Eyes Wide Open
Aaron runs a kosher butcher shop in an ultra-orthodox part of Jerusalem and as a devoutly religious man, dedicated husband and father, he divides his time between work, prayer and his family, and he takes his duties in all three areas very seriously. Until that is one day when Ezri, a young man, takes … Continue reading
Fairytale : a delightful Italian queer absurdist comedy
This delightfully eccentric queer Italian comedy is from married couple writer Sebastiano Mauri making his directing debut and starring his husband and co-writer Filippo TImi. Fairytale is adapted from a theatrical production of the same name which Timi also wrote and starred in and which premièred in 2011 to great acclaim. This last point is … Continue reading
(Falling for your) Straight Best Friend : a new queer web series from Singapore
So about to hit our screens is a new three-episode web series from Singapore called STRAIGHT BEST FRIEND. Sean Foo, one of the out queer actors in the series, called falling for your straight best friend “one of the oldest clichés in the gay book” but also “one of the most torturous things that … Continue reading
Falling : Viggo Mortensen’s finely nuanced directing/writing debut
Watching a third movie that deals with dementia in as many weeks is kind of a tough call (especially for a critic edging on in years). First Sir Anthony Hopkins played a cantankerous old man who never let up on his sainted daughter Olivia Colman in The Father. Then competing with them for Best … Continue reading