Tag: comedy
The Extinction of Fireflies : a real dud of a film
The only way a stage drama works as a movie is when it is filmed as is, and in the theater. Or the playwright can be persuaded to rewrite/adapt it, especially for the screen for as a different medium it requires different scripts. Actor turned writer/director James Andrew Walsh did neither of these and…
Shoplifters Of The World Unite : the night that The Smiths broke up
Any fan of The Smiths, probably THE best British indie rock group in the 1980s’ will recognize that this movie title as being that of one of the band’s greatest hits. This film directed and co-written by Stephen Kijak is a celebration of how this post-punk foursome that never really had any mainstream success…
Queerguru @BFI Flare : JUMP, DARLING ….. Cloris Leachman’s exquisite swan song
When you reach the end of the road you are on, what can you do? There are two answers, you stop or change direction. In Cloris Leachman’s final film made prior to her death, both these alternates are explored, and the poignancy is inescapable. Leachman plays Grams, the aging grandmother grown tired, frail, and distanced…
Potato Dreams of America
Wes Hurley aka Vasili Naumenko is a queer performance artist/filmmaker and a stalwart of Seattle’s burgeoning drag and cabaret scene who has finally told his life story in film. Well, technically this is the second time around as his short film Little Potato did that too and picked up some 20 + awards for…
How our favorite Eccentric Ladies are coping during Lockdown
How are eccentrics coping with the COVID 19 Lockdown? Well, Queerguru checked on with a few of favorites Evie (from Girls Will Be Girls) is just driving around L.A. just gabbing away (words by Richard Day) Diana (aka Jack Plotnick) has some concerns ……..but don’t we all? During lockdown 78 year old…
