Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideKoji Fukada’s strange odd wee movie teeters between being a droll farce and an absurdist comedy, and it is very intriguing to say the least. Mikio is a meek little man inherited a small printing business from his father and which he runs from a narrow rickety building which is also home for him and … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAt the beginning of this documentary on his life Jiro, a Japanese octogenarian chef, lectures that you must fall in love with your job. And in fact this is the tale of an extraordinary love affair between him and his endless quest of making the finest sushi ever. From his small unassuming basement restaurant ‘Sukiyabashi … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn the opening scene a young 6 year-old boy is sitting upright in a low chair spaced away from his parents who are either side of him. All three are dressed formally in black and are facing two officials behind a desk in this stark room who are firing questions at the boy. It’s all very … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe opening scene of the movie is set in a small Bar in Tokyo and the camera is fixed looking on the crowd whilst we hear a young woman out of sight arguing. We eventually see her and find that she is on the phone trying to persuade someone that she is somewhere else entirely. We … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideOh Lucy! is a deliciously funny black comedy that takes aim at the stereotypes of two different cultures and in which you simply cannot help fall more than a little in love with the seemingly sad sack of a protagonist. Setsuko (Shinobu Terajima) is a middle-aged unmarried office worker in some anonymous Tokyo Office in … Continue reading
