Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBritish Comedian turned Filmmaker Richard Ayoade’s sophomore feature ‘The Double’ was not what I expected. After his Sundance debut in 2011 with the delightfully refreshing quirky coming-of-age comedy ‘Submarine’, Ayoade has chosen to go very dark with this existential black comedy/thriller based on Dostoevsky’s novella of the same name. Thanks to Jesse Eisenberg’s energetic performance playing … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guide40-something-year old Hanoch is rather a morose man of few words, He runs a scruffy bike repair store in a small desert town in Israel and wiles most of his day away playing chess on the street with his elderly friend Vogel. When his wife gets pregnant Hanoch tells her he is not ready to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDoes the end ever justify the means? If agitprop is acceptable, where do we draw the fine line when it melds into environmental terrorism? This gripping new thriller which pitches us all against the inequities of large industrial conglomerates who are poisoning and polluting both us and our planet raises these questions, although the network of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe Minister in question is France’s Foreign Secretary and although the script is based on the popular graphic novels of Abel Lanzac (the nom de plume for Antoin Baudry) the story is based on the antics of Dominique de Villepain a real Minister who went on to become Prime Minister. And that’s the main reason why … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis story about Guatemalan teenagers trying to escape their life of poverty and illegally cross the Mexican Border after a long and arduous journey en route to the USA, is one of the saddest and most dispiriting I have seen in a very long time. It starts with three friends Samuel, Juan and his girlfriend … Continue reading