Soon after middle-aged Octavio begins his romance with his young lover Hugo life gets complicated for both of them. Octavio is told he must give up boxing because he has a medical condition that could cause a brain hemorrhage, and Hugo gets fired from his job as he got the boss’s daughter pregnant. Determined to … Continue reading
In China the word ‘Sheng nu’ means ‘leftover women’ and is a derogatory term made popular by the All-China Women’s Federation that classifies women who remain unmarried after they are 28 years old. It’s part of the pressure that their society place on women to conform and accept that marriage is the only goal they … Continue reading
My Life With James Dean is one of those idiosyncratic French oddball comedies which are very much an acquired taste, which very, fortunately, we absolutely love. It’s the tale of a filmmaker Géraud Champreux (Johnny Rasse) who has been invited to a small Northern town by the local film curator to screen his latest indie film. … Continue reading
And I am not a terrorist’ proclaims the hero in this highly emotional well-meaning Bollywood response to the paranoia that Asian Moslems faced in the US after 9/11. Rivran Khan is a simple and innocent man with Asperger’s Syndrome who unnerves the immigration officials when he first arrives in San Francisco chanting his mantra. He … Continue reading
Mathias Gold thinks his luck has finally changed when he inherits an imposing apartment in the center of Paris from his late father who he was estranged from for decades. Approaching his 60’s, Mathias is a recovering alcoholic and after three failed marriages and three unpublished novels, he hasn’t a cent in the bank, and had … Continue reading