Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere are times in this well-intentioned movie dealing with Alzheimer’s when the plot steers off course that it seems as muddled as poor Mama Gogo herself. Part quirky comedy, part family high drama, part satire on the local film industry, and part ghost story, this is the latest movie from one of the major forces … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is a somewhat gentle deadpan comedy that takes its time to draw you in. Set in the outskirts of a bleak town in Norway, it is the story of Ulrik a middle-aged murderer just released from prison, whose attempts at becoming a reformed man are thwarted by Jensen, his former gang boss who is … Continue reading
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
