Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFrom the late 1940’s up to 1970 the British Government surreptitiously ‘deported’ 130000 children placed in their care to Australia for reasons I still cannot fathom. This movie is the true story of how Margaret Humphreys, a Social Worker from Nottingham, uncovered the scandal, and almost single-handedly and against overwhelming odds and even threats against … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe whole crux of this film is whether 8 French Trappist Monks should leave their Monastery, and all the villagers who depend upon them, when the lives are threatened by a group of Terrorists in the midst of a horrific bloody civil war. The time is 1996, and the setting is the Atlas Mountains in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe whole crux of this film is whether 8 French Trappist Monks should leave their Monastery, and all the villagers who depend upon them, when the lives are threatened by a group of Terrorists in the midst of a horrific bloody civil war. The time is 1996, and the setting is the Atlas Mountains in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis rather harrowing narrative about an extended black family in the 8os’ & 90’s in semi rural Mississippi was an inspired choice for the opening movie of ‘O’ Cinema, Miami’s newest edgy Art House Theater. A deeply disturbing debut film from writer/director Tina Mabry, which is even more disturbing on reflection when I discovered after … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAlbert, the Duke of York, was the 2nd son of King George V and as a Naval Officer and husband and father with two young children he enjoyed a calm and privileged life and the freedom that came with not being the Heir to the British Throne. That all changed suddenly with the unexpected death … Continue reading
