documentary
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Nina Menkes’ ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ which investigates the politics of cinematic shot design
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power is filmmaker Nina Menkes’ thought-provoking analysis of the sexual politics in (heterosexual, I should add) cinematic shot design. Part documentary, part student lecture, and using scenes from dozens of our favorite movies as examples, Menkes successfully argues that shot design perpetuates sexism and other ills across the world. Movies such…
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Queerguru reviews BROADWAY RISING the story of how The Great White Way came through COVID
At the height of the COVID pandemic when so many of us were in isolation at home it did seem like the world outside had actually stopped turning. Having given up watching most news broadcasts since the previous resident of the White House had single-handedly destroyed their credibility, we had no real inkling of…
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Wouldnt you want to know What Would Sophia Loren Do ?
This is one of those rare films that you know you are going you love just by the title alone. This stunning Italian actress is one of the last surviving major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema and is the only remaining living person on the AFI’s list of the 25 greatest…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “How To Save A Dead Friend” about Marusya, 16, who has decided this will be her year to die.
How to Save a Dead Friend is Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s compelling documentary about young love for a lost generation in Putin’s grim Russia. Filmed by herself and her partner Kimi over a twelve-year period, we follow the couple as they deal with the severe challenges affecting them and their network of friends which include suicide,…
