Tag: dramady
Like Crazy
From the very first glimpse of a rather grand Beatrice (Valerie Bruni Tedeschi) swooping through the grounds of the Villa Biondi clutching her parasol and dispensing instructions without a care in the world to everyone working away, you can sense that this is going to be a performance that should not be missed. However…
I’m Fine …..No Really!
We really have to admit it. We are getting seriously impressed with the original content that is beginning to appear on DEKKOO the (fairly) new LGBT streaming service. With their 3rd new series in the last month or two about to be launched in, it’s actually starting to show that it is serious about…
All Yours
Belgian filmmaker David Lambert has followed up his stunning feature film debut the Cannes Award Winning ‘Beyond the Walls’ with another story of a very quirky and odd relationship. It’s the tale of an obese middle-aged gay baker called Henry (Jean-Michel Balthazar) who lives in a small Belgian town and who has fallen in love over the…
Butterfly
Openly gay Argentinian filmmaker Marco Berger’s movies are always such a joy to watch and this new one that he premiered at the Berlinale early this year is no exception. As usual the story is steeped in sexual awakenings of his young characters, but for once the central couple are actually heterosexual, although there is…
People You May Know
The title of this new (mostly) American dramedy from Spanish filmmaker J.C. Falcón is taken from FaceBook which frequently proffers up suggestions of new friends. In this instance it serves as means to tell Joe (Sean Mather) the protagonist, that he has been ‘catfished’ : the delightful term for someone who has been lured into a relationship by…
