5 min movie guide
Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind : an HBO Doc
This new documentary about the three-time Oscar Nominated actress Natalie Wood has not only been sanctioned by her family but daughter Natasha Gregson Wagner acts as an adhoc host. Even so it still seems inevitable that any sort of biography of Wood is always dominated by her early tragic death and sadly at the…
The Tale of an Icon of French New Wave : SEBERG
(press play before you start reading) Kristen Stewart is unquestionable an immensely talented actress, which is very fortunate for the filmmakers of SEBERG as she single-handedly has to make something out of their rather pedestrian biopic. It is based on the true story of Jean Seberg an American actress who became an Icon in…
A Thread of Deceit: The Hart Family Tragedy : when 2 lesbian mums drove their 6 children over a cliff
It’s hard not to feel like the worst kind of voyeur as you start to watch this documentary knowing it has the most violent stomach-churning ending. Hopefully it will throw some light on it all. This is the real-life story of two lesbian mothers who in a suspected murder-suicide drove their car off a…
Never Rarely Sometimes Always
In her third movie to date writer/director Eliza Hittman has shown a remarkable insight and understanding of teenage angst. Hittman’s sophomore film was Beach Rats a LGBT coming-out story that threw a different perspective on what is inevitably a difficult rite-of-passage for most gay youth. It picked up several Awards including a Best Director…
