Mosquita Y Mari

This is a cute latino coming-of-age story. Set in L.A.’s predominately immigrant Huntington Park area it tells of two Mexican teenage girls who become neighbors.  One of them Yolanda, who’s nickname is Mosquita, is a ‘good’ girl who lives in a nice home with hard-working pushy parents who are proud of their daughter who gets … Continue reading

Mother Knows Best wins the £30,000 Iris Prize

  Swedish filmmaker Mikael Bundsen has just won the 2017 Iris Prize, Cardiff’s International LGBT Short Film Prize. This prestigious Award now referred the being part of the ‘Gay Oscars’, comes with  a massive £30,000,  thanks to the generosity of The Michael Bishop Foundation. The prize money will allow Bundsen to make a new short … Continue reading

MOTHER OF GEORGE

The opening scenes of Andrew Dosunmu’s very touching drama is the scene of a Nigerian wedding with its glorious technicolour of vibrant flowing robes, and energetic singing and dancing, and all the traditional rituals is a joyous sight to be hold. This rich canvas however is not set in Africa, but in a Banqueting Hall in … Continue reading

Mother Tuckers: Drag Queens of Glasgow

  Technically Edinburgh is the Capital city of Scotland, but when it comes to having  fun, then Glasgow is unquestionably the center of the country.  None of the reserved airs of the ever-so-polite burghers of Edinburgh here , Glasgow is full of earthy honest humor often fueled by a pint or two, followed by a … Continue reading

Motherless Brooklyn : Edward Norton”s film noir

  Edward Norton’s movie which he wrote, directed and starred in and was obviously a work of passion,  is an impressive film noir.  Very loosely adapted from the novel of the same name by Jonathan Lethem it’s a sprawling tale set in New York in the  1950’s which evokes more than a passing memory of … Continue reading

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