family
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A Man, His Lover & His Mother aka Rosie
Lorenz Meran is a successful middle-aged gay writer who is struggling with writers block when he gets called back home after his elderly mother has a stroke. Rosie is a feisty old bird and unlike Lorenz and his perpetually unhappy sibling Sophie, she seems to be the one member of this family who likes to…
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STORIES WE TELL
Canadian actress turned filmmaker Sarah Polley turns the camera on her own family and friends for this fascinating documentary which could have also been titled ‘All About My Mother’. To tell her story Polley has enlisted her interview subjects that she calls ‘The Storytellers’ to help piece together the life of her mother Diane Polley…
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WHAT MAISIE KNEW
For a 6 year old child Maisie knows a lot, primarily because the two main adults in her life act like pretentious spoilt brats right in front of her all the time. She lives with her parents in a fancy duplex apartment in Manhattan where there is much screaming and slamming of doors until one…
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Oh Vey My Son Is Gay!
As the title clearly gives the game away you’ll know already that this movie is about the angst of a Jewish family when they discover their only precious son is not going to be bring home a nice girl home soon. Or in fact any time in the future. Not exactly an earth shattering scenario,…
