Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe ‘leaving’ in the title of this rather frenetic comedy refers to death and divorce and a few other departures in between. Everybody in the Altman family has both issues and secrets and the set up for us (and them) to discover them all is when the patriarch dies and his widow (their mother) insists that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDespite the title, life hardly seems like a breeze for three generations of this Irish family who live hand to mouth in a Dublin suburb. The matriarch Nan is a bit of a hoarder so the rest of the family devise a plan to get her out of her House one day so that they can … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideMathias Gold thinks his luck has finally changed when he inherits an imposing apartment in the center of Paris from his late father who he was estranged from for decades. Approaching his 60’s, Mathias is a recovering alcoholic and after three failed marriages and three unpublished novels, he hasn’t a cent in the bank, and had … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideJust as Maggie is about to fill her mouth with enough pills to ensure she shakes off her mortal coil. she gets a telephone call from a Nurse in a Hospital E.R. room telling her that Milo her twin brother has just attempted suicide. The news means that she puts her own plans on hold … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesThis delightful feel-good Dutch gay movie has blended elements of ‘Mission Impossible’ with those of ‘La Cage Aux Follies’ that results in a very camp and decidedly old-fashioned jewel-heist comic caper. It all starts at the Chez Nous Bar in Voetboogstraat Alley in the center of Amsterdam where Bertie is the reigning Drag Queen on the … Continue reading
