Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideEven when you have lived in Miami for a couple of decades you feel that you may become immune to the latest big scandal that inevitably involves bribery, corruption and most of all illegal drugs, but you never quite do. Some of it however, like the doping professional baseball players high drama is full … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBack in 1969 an unknown singer-songwriter called Rodriguez was discovered performing in a dive bar in Detroit and was immediately offered a deal to record two albums. His music bore more than a passing resemblance to that of Bob Dylan, but his first album ‘Cold Fact’ received critical acclaim but only zero sales, and when … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideSeymour Bernstein is probably the most talented classical pianist alive today, yet very few people have ever heard of him. He was at dinner party a couple of years ago and seated next to the actor Ethan Hawke who was immediately impressed that this octogenarian musician seemed to understand all his anxieties and self-doubts much … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideVeteran character actor Mary Louise Wilson starts this affectionate portrait on her life with what she claims are the five basic stages of acting: 1) Who is Mary Louise Wilson? 2) Get me Mary Louise Wilson? 3) Get me a Mary Louise Wilson type; 4) Get me a young Mary Louise Wilson. 5) Who was … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideDocumentarian Lance Oppenhiem’s debut feature film “Some Kind of Heaven” makes for entertaining viewing especially if you are not one of the several thousand residents of The Villages, the world’s largest retirement complex. Oppenheim turns us into voyeurs as he takes a close look at this “Disneyland for Retirees’ through the eyes of four … Continue reading