Utopians : NSFW
If you have ever watched any of the edgy movies made by the openly gay Chinese auteur filmmaker known simply as Scud, then you will know to expect a lot of full frontal nudity in his work. In this, his latest movie about to be released on DVD/VOD in the U.S., it’s actually easier to … Continue reading
VARIAÇÕES: GUARDIAN ANGEL : a queer Portuguese music Legend
For some unknown reason it took over 10 years to bring this biopic of one of the most significant singers in Portuguese music history to the big screen. António Variações was a larger than life powerful and controversial figure of his time, but to most of us this will probably be the first we … Continue reading
Velvet Buzzsaw
Velvet Buzzsaw that went straight from the Sundance Film Festival onto the Netflix is probably the campiest movie we have seen for some time. Written and directed by Dan Gilroy and packed with a A list cast that included Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Tom Sturridge and John Malkovich it’s a psychological sci-fi … Continue reading
VILOM : making homosexuality legal is not always enough
Vilom is a new queer Indian film that isn the writing/directing debut of actor Sunder Pal. It is one of those movies that demand a great deal of patience from the viewer for the whole first half. A combination of stiff acting with an equally wooden script make it actually painful to sit through. … Continue reading
Waiting In The Wings : The Musical
It seemed somewhat a remarkable co-incidence that I sat down to watch this movie the same night that Mickey Rooney’s death was announced. Mickey will always be ‘Andy Hardy’ to me : the irrepressible boy that thought he could solve all of life’s problems with jumping up and exclaiming ‘Let’s put on a Show’. And … Continue reading
