Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrom the opening scenes when Mitchell Davis (Jake Gyllenhaal) and his wife Julia (Heather Lind) are bickering whilst driving in New York traffic when their car gets suddenly sideswiped killing Julia, we are on edge expecting more trauma at any moment. As Davis goes into a state of shock he has no idea how to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideTiming isn’t everything for deciding on the release date of a new movie, but even so when the producers planned the launch of Denial they could have no inkling that the whole of the world’s media would be totally fixated with a U.S. Presidential Election with a Republican Candidate whose behavior bears more than a passing … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideJacques Audiard’s latest totally stunning thriller is steeped in violence which seems to be his raison d’être these days. This one starts off briefly in Sri Lanka where Deephan (Jesuthasan Antonythasan) a Tamil freedom fighter is trying to flee the country after the latest battle in the civil war has ended in a massacre. He’s been given … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn this decidedly old-fashioned movie British filmmaker John Goldschmidt lays on the schmaltz with a charming wee tale of how a small part of a traditional Jewish bakery struggles to adapt to the demands of contemporary life in London’s East End. Sixty-something-year-old widower Nat Dayn (an excellent Jonathan Pryce) is something of a curmudgeon who … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFor his sophomore feature film director Andrew Ahn took a great leap from his award-winning debut. Spa Night was an exceptional coming-out story of a young Korean/American man who was confused at having a foot in different cultures and as such Ahn’s sympathetic and nuanced tale was a refreshing take on it all. Driveways … Continue reading
