Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIts initially hard to get your head around the whole idea that a Director famous for gritty violent R rated movies is going to film a children’s story, but when you discover that the Director is Martin Scorsese then you know that this is going to be something totally out of the ordinary. It all … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe intro to my Blog says when it comes to movies my preference is ‘the weirder the better’ and I guess this movie definitely falls into that category. It’s title is an amalgamation of ‘taqwa’ an Islamic word denoting love & fear for Allah, and ‘core’ for hardcore as in punk music i.e. its about … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideA boating accident has left Elizabeth King in a coma, and husband Matt, the self-proclaimed back up parent, is left in charge of their two daughters. Scottie is a sassy 10 year old with a bit of a potty mouth on her that she has picked up from Alexandra her 17-year-old sister whose reckless ways … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn just two days in July 1942 the French Authorities arrested some 38000 Jews in Paris and dumped some 13000 on them, including women and children, in Velodrome d’Hiver a Cycling Stadium close to the Eiffel Tower. The inhumane conditions there were unimaginable but within days they were all shipped off on trucks and trains … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is my third movie from idiosyncratic Finnish filmmaker Ari Kaurismaki that I have seen in as many weeks, and I am developing quite a taste for his work. This one is the last in his ‘loser’ trilogy and deals with loneliness and is heart wrenching sad. It is the tale of a Security Guard who … Continue reading
