Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesJust when I thought that I had already been completely shocked into a stupefying daze by all the hard-hitting realism of a whole slate of compelling movies at MIFF this week, I saw INCENDIES which totally blew my mind. This French Canadian movie that only last week won no less than 8 Genies (Canada’s Oscars) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideYoung Matias is driving his school pal home from a party in the early hours of the morning when he accidentally hits a cyclist. Believing him to be dead, they flee the scene and Matias concocts a story that that car was stolen. When the hit and run is broadcast all over the TV news … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis overwhelmingly sad and somewhat dispiriting movie’s powerful narrative about an African slave is actually based on a true story. Twelve year old Malia is abducted from her mountain village in Sudan by Arab militia and sold into slavery to a vile woman in Khartoum who treats her inhumanly and even beats her for actually … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAxun’s ex son-in-law Mikel is rushed to hospital after a tragic car accident and as he is completely alone , she feels obliged to visit him. Whilst there she meets Maite who’s visiting her brother, also in a coma, and suddenly realizes that this is her best friend from high school. In fact the two … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideLaura’s life is beyond bleak. To try to escape her unspoken troubled past she moves from her family home deep in the countryside to her own somewhat desolate apartment in Mexico City. Desperately lonely and completely friendless and working as a journalist from home, her whole life is defined by the four walls which confine … Continue reading
