KAREN CRIES ON THE BUS
A desperately unhappy Karen leaves her married home and her successful but slimy husband and with her small savings rents a scruffy room in a slum-like house in Bogota. Penniless and friendless and unable to find any work she resorts to pilfering from food stores and begging in the streets. Patricia, one of the other … Continue reading
KAWA
This is an old fashioned coming-out story in which a 40 year old married man and father of two finally accepts his sexuality but by trying so hard to please everyone, no-one ends up happy at all. Based on an autobiographical novel by acclaimed New Zealand novelist Witi Ihumaera (‘The Whale Rider’) that the author … Continue reading
Kaye Ballard : The Show Goes On
We’re not sure exactly when filmmaker Dan Wingate started filming this very affectionate profile of the late great KAYE BALLARD as several of the show business luminaries who line up to sing her praises have also passed on. They include Carol Channing, Jerry Stiller, Hal Prince and Liz Smith. Kaye Ballard, had a very … Continue reading
Kedi
Turkish filmmaker Ceyda Torun and her cinematographer Charlie Wuppermann must have the patience of saints to make this enchanting new documentary of theirs, as they stalked and trailed what seemed like thousands of cats that roam the streets of Istanbul for the best part of two months. What had originally enticed Torun, a native of … Continue reading
KEEP THE LIGHTS ON
This is a very tender and realistic story that plots a loving relationship between two very likable guys in Manhattan through all it’s highs and lows over a decade starting in 1998. There were sadly more of the latter but this well made movie’s particular take was both honest and refreshing, and the fact that … Continue reading
