Tag: coming of age
Saturday Church
When 14 year old Ulysses’s (Luka Kain) father suddenly dies, his mother (Margot Bingham) has to take on a second job to make ends meet. She somewhat reluctantly accepts an offer from Ulysses’ ultra-conservative Aunt Rose (Regina Taylor) to come to take care of him and his younger sibling after work until she gets home. The…
queerguru reviews BEACH RATS
Queerguru reviews Beach Rats a wonderfully refreshing #LGBT coming of age movie with a stunning breakthrough performance from a new Brit actor Harris Dickinson. Directed by #ElizaHittman for NEON it is now in movie theaters including Waters Edge Cinema
4 Days
The 4 Days referred too in this Filipino coming-of-age story take place over several years, and always around Valentine Day. When Mark (Mikoy Morales) is assigned to be the new college roommate of Derek (Sebastian Castro) he has to adjust to the fact that Derek always has a new girlfriend in tow. In fact through…
Beach Rats
It’s refreshing to find that filmmakers still have new LGBT coming-out stories that are fresh and throw a different perspective on what is inevitably a difficult rite-of-passage for most gay youth. For her sophomore feature writer/director Eliza Hittman sets her story in Brooklyn where 19 year-old Frankie (Harris Dickinson) is struggling hard to find his own identity, sexual…
Freak Show
Sometimes even casting a 3 time Golden Globe Winner (and two-time Oscar nominee) cannot save a movie from being a disappointing convoluted mess like Freak Show is. Bette Midler sails through her cameo performance as the on/off alcoholic mother (Muv) of Billy Bloom ( a remarkably good Alex Lawther) who is the protagonist in this…
