Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis quietly unassuming new documentary is unquestionably one of the most powerful sobering wake-up calls I have sat and watched for a very long time. Without any of the dramatic shock tactics and megaphone shouting of high profile exposes from the likes of filmmakers such as Michael Moore, the movie carefully rolls out a stream of the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesIn 1991 George H. W. Bush nominated Clarence Thomas, an African/American, to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court, and as he had only served as an Appeals Court Judge for just 18 months, another appointment of the President, Bush evidently felt strongly enough about the man to want to fast-track him into one … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDr George Tiller was gunned down in cold blood in front of his family whilst at a Sunday Service in a church in Wichita, Kansas in 2009. The killer was a rabid anti-abortionist activist who wanted to stop Dr Tiller performing third-trimester abortions. After he succeeded there were only four other Doctors left in the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFor any cinephile this wonderful new documentary about the workings of casting directors is an absolute must. It is however not a detailed study on how they do their jobs, but more of a paean to Marion Dougherty, one of the first ever casting experts and a legendary icon in the industry. Prior to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideJean-Pierre Provut was born in 1935 in a tiny village in Algeria, and one of his very earliest memories is of sitting on his mother’s lap as she tried in vain to get him to say his own name. It’s not that he couldn’t, but just that he wouldn’t. He was happiest wearing his older … Continue reading
