Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideUp until the 1960’s singing stars on TV and Records were supported by very wholesome and rather genteel white female singers. They were known by other musicians as ‘readers’ as they came in and sang exactly what was on their music scores without any deviation. And then the first African/American girls started getting gigs backing … 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
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis somewhat intriguing and totally bizarre documentary tells the very odd tale of Marc, a rotund man in his fifties, critically ill from a debilitating condition he has suffered with since childhood who is indulging himself for what may very well be the last time. He has somehow accumulated considerable wealth which seems at odds … Continue reading
