Michael Winterbottom’s latest movie is a fast-paced satirical comedy about a story that in reality is far from funny. It’s the very skimpily veiled story of notorious Brit billionaire businessman Sir Philip Green who the British Parliament named as ‘the unacceptable face of capitalism’. Green used nefarious means to buy Topshop and half a … Continue reading
The wonderful TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL have joined the number of cultural institutions who are now putting content up online ….. and in this case it’s FREE. This first short film is such a sheer delight and put a big grin on the faces of all of the QUEERGURU TEAM self-isolating in different places. “Hard-ish … Continue reading
It’s been 15 years since the iconic German/Australian photographer HELMUT NEWTON had a fatal car accident as he drove into his beloved Chateau Marmont in LA. It’s also been over 30 years since “Helmut Newton: Frames from the Edge” the last documentary on him surfaced. And the fashion/media landscape has changed so very much … Continue reading
Hope Gap is based on the real story of the childhood of writer/director William Nicholson . He had first written it in the form of a play The Retreat from Moscow which went on to win 3 Tony Award Nominations on Broadway. The latter seems very surprising watching the movie adaptation which is now … Continue reading
There is something very decidedly old fashioned about this biopic in both the story and the way that first time director Unjoo Moon chose to tell it. This story focuses on singer Helen Reddy’s life (Tilda Cobham-Hervey) from when she first left her native Australia to come to the US in the early 1970’s … Continue reading