Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideExactly why the veteran former supermodel Benedetta Barzini allowed her filmmaker son Beniamino Barrese to make this his very documentary on her is very unclear as most of the time she simply barks at him to F–k Off! At 76 years old and with her well-worn face, it is still easy to see that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe annual Met Gala mounted by the Costume Department of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the real social highlights for all the most famous faces in fashion and culture. It is an extravagent and outrageous event that because of its crazy excesses, is the hottest ticket in town for fashion designers, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis 2017 documentary from Brit filmmaker Vanessa Stockley about the toxic relationship between 92 year-old former opera singer and her 55 year-old embittered daughter is one helluva tough view. Drawing immediate comparisons with the more famous eccentric mother/daughter duo in Grey Gardens, but this new film severely lacks the humor and affection (albeit twisted) … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBurlesque Theater has been around in some form or enough for centuries. It peaked in England during the Victorian period and were often pastiches and parodies of popular songs and opera arias. By the time a Brit troupe visited NY at the end of the 19th Century New York, burlesque shows soon incorporated elements of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe overriding feeling one gets after viewing Eugene Jarecki’s powerfully disturbing prize-winning documentary about the ‘War on Drugs’ is a such a huge sense of denial. We may not have been aware of every fine line of detail that Jarecki includes in his far-reaching research but we are all aware of the problem to some … Continue reading