Small Talk is one of those compelling documentaries that demand patience from the viewer in the same manner that Hui-chen Huang the filmmaker had to exercise in getting her mother ……the subject of the film ….to open up about her life. Their share a home together in Taiwan, and although the presence Huang’s very young child … Continue reading
Anna Muylaert the Brazilian writer/director of last year’s rather sublime drama the multi-award winning The Second Mother, returns to the theme of family dynamics with her latest movie, as she explores the reality of parental/child relationships which cannot conform to everyone’s expectations and perceptions. This is the story of Pierre (Namoi Nero) a free-spirited teenager who plays … Continue reading
This shocking and rather provocative movie … the sophomore feature from Austrian actor turned director Klaus Händl deservedly won the prestigious Teddy Award for Best LGBT Feature Film at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival. It is therefore surprising that since then the reviews have been lukewarm at best, and even odder that it is not the … Continue reading
It is somewhat of a totally unexpected revelation when the explicit sex that lasts a full 20 minutes at the start of this extraordinarily wonderful new French queer movie and then surprisingly turns into this rather tender and delightful tale of love-at-first-sight between these two cute young guys. The action is initially set in a dungeon-like … Continue reading
When we caught up with Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Silva earlier this summer to talk about his latest movie …. and the first one to be shot entirely in the US …..he gave us a whole new perspective on ‘Nasty Baby’. Filmed in his own apartment in Brooklyn with both he and his cat taking a … Continue reading