Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere’s an awful lot of violence, and a great deal of red, and hardly any screenplay and just a mere hint of emotion in Nicolas Winding Refn’s controversial new movie that the Critics have either vehemently panned or praised lavishly: there is no sitting on the fence on this one. Julien, a man of very … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe subject of Joshua Oppenheimer’s fiercely compelling documentary is definitely one of the most evil and sadistic acts of genocide that I have ever seen on the silver screen. It tells some of the stories of the Indonesian death squads of the mid 1960’s who tortured and killed over one million ‘communists’ at the behest … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesSven and Goran are a happily married gay couple in their mid-30’s. They have great jobs, and a new house in a small country town (which bares more than a passing resemblance to Legoland). They want for nothing. Except a child. So they get approved by the authorities, but it turns out that even though … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories queertiquesLars is a young Danish soldier who is resentful because he has been thrown out of the Army after being accused of making a pass at some of his men. Frustrated at being back home with his pushy interfering mother, and at a loose end and unsure of where his life is going, he becomes … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guidePoor Caroline Mathilda didn’t have a lot going for her. As a teenage British Princess back in the late 18th Century she was betrothed to her royal husband sight unseen and he turned out to be infantile and deranged. Nevertheless she was shipped off to the snowy back and beyond of Denmark to be it’s … Continue reading
