Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBack in 1969 an unknown singer-songwriter called Rodriguez was discovered performing in a dive bar in Detroit and was immediately offered a deal to record two albums. His music bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Bob Dylan, but his first album ‘Cold Fact’ received critical acclaim but only zero sales, and when … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAfter Arnon Goldfinger’s 98 year old grandmother Gerda had died, he and his family descended on the Apartment in Tel Aviv where she had lived for over 70 years. Grandmother was a compulsive hoarder so Arnon and his siblings and Hannah their mother had their work cut. When Gerda and Karl her husband had re-located … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis latest documentary on another culinary genius goes beyond his kitchen and shows a family dynasty beginning to come to terms with the patriarch as he tries to step down and out of the limelight. It is in fact the dynamics of the relationship between master chef Michel Bras and his son and heir Sebastian, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBrooklyn native ex-punk rocker turned photographer Gregory Crewdson is something of an enigma. Over a period of some six years he produced a whole body of work called ‘Beneath The Roses’ which were large scale photographs of meticulously designed scenarios that he had set up as full-blown movie sets. In this fascinating documentary by filmmaker Ben Shapiro (‘Paul Goodman Changed … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBettie Page was a stunningly beautiful American model who in the 1950’s became known as the Queen of Pinups. She was hardly a shy blushing maiden and her lack of inhibition posing for ‘camera clubs’ had made her an instant hit. She was Miss January 1955 as one of the earliest Playmates for Hugh … Continue reading
