Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI’ve never been a fan of the supernatural but the buzz around this movie back in 2010 intrigued me sufficiently to want to see I would change my mind. The story from the best selling novel that almost won Kazuo Ishiguro the Booker Prize, is about children who are reared with the sole purpose in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrom the late 1940’s up to 1970 the British Government surreptitiously ‘deported’ 130000 children placed in their care to Australia for reasons I still cannot fathom. This movie is the true story of how Margaret Humphreys, a Social Worker from Nottingham, uncovered the scandal, and almost single-handedly and against overwhelming odds and even threats against … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMartin Scorcese’s profile on Fran Lebowitz is no ordinary documentary. After 90 minutes of essentially listening to this quick-witted brilliant observationist with her razor sharp tongue spend forth on some of her favorite bugbears, we actually learn very little about the woman behind all these rapidly fired opinions. By filming her in conversation in her … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBecca and Howie are very happily married, successful and have rather a charmed life, which is shattered when their only child, a 4-year-old boy, chases his dog into the street and is killed by an oncoming car. 8 months later they are still trying to come to terms with his death and find ways to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis extraordinary documentary is the ultimate in cinema verite and is the work of two intrepid and fearless filmmakers who chose to live through a grueling 14-month tour of duty with a company of American solders in one of the most dangerous parts of Afghanistan. They witness and record everything that happens: reconnaissance missions, constant … Continue reading
