Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesFilmmaker Jamila Wignot’s new documentary of modern dance auteur, the tortured genius Alvin Ailey makes for such hypnotic viewing. With a combination of audio interviews with the man himself and some breathtaking archival footage of his early performances, she gives an intimate portrait of one of the greatest interpreters of the universality of the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesAt the end of the 1960’s the openly gay famed Italian opera and movie director Luchino Visconti was finally ready to film his take on Thomas Mann’ s novella Death In Venice. The story is of an elderly composer who travels to Venice for health reasons where he becomes obsessed with the stunning beauty … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSundance 2021 : Day One. Although we are missing movies on the big screen and sharing the camaraderie of watching them with other industry professionals , we literally are enjoying being in the comfort of our own home, and not having to shell out an arm and a leg to be in Park City at … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThe Duplass Brothers started out originally producing low-budget mumblecore films, before progressing on to some really good comedies such as Safety Not Guaranteed and The Skeleton Twins. Now in what is seemingly like another 180 turn they have produced a four-part bio-doc on trans pioneer Elizabeth Carmichael for HBO. Mind you there are a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesWatching a third movie that deals with dementia in as many weeks is kind of a tough call (especially for a critic edging on in years). First Sir Anthony Hopkins played a cantankerous old man who never let up on his sainted daughter Olivia Colman in The Father. Then competing with them for Best … Continue reading
