Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guidePoor Caroline Mathilda didn’t have a lot going for her. As a teenage British Princess back in the late 18th Century she was betrothed to her royal husband sight unseen and he turned out to be infantile and deranged. Nevertheless she was shipped off to the snowy back and beyond of Denmark to be it’s … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideChristian Petzold’s latest thriller is set in 1980 in the ‘bad old days’ of East Germany when everybody was totally paranoid as seemingly everyone was being watched. Even the watchers themselves. Barbara, a real cold fish, is a Doctor who has been banished from Berlin for some unspecified misdemeanor and forced by the Authorities to … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn a glorious opening scene Rivka a middle aged Jewish mother and Shira her teenage daughter are pushing a shopping cart around a busy supermarket cruising for men. Not just any men, but a particular one that the Matchmaker has arranged to be available for a ‘viewing’. He’s standing in the cold meats section (although he … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere should be a warning given to anyone over a certain age (like me) before they see this powerfully uncomfortable and uncompromising movie about an elderly couple that makes you confront the unavoidable consequences of all the suffering that one must deal with before finally shuffling off this mortal coil. And certainly one should definitely … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideChristophe Honore’s rather baffling epic-length drama covers the time span between the Russian invasion of Czechoslovakia and the 9/11 attacks and against this background world-changing events the story is simply about two women who tried desperately to be loved. Young Madeleine discovers the way to pay for the expensive fancy shoes she coverts at the … Continue reading
