Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideOK confession time. I’m an (ex) menswear designer and had more than my 5 minutes mixing with my peers and many of the stars in the fashion industry of my day but until today I had never come across Carine Roitfeld. But then I have never ever read US or UK Vogue let alone French … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideGreg Barker’s new movie ‘MANHUNT’ could easily be described as the documentary tale behind Kathryn Bigelow’s excellent ‘ZERO DARK 30’ Oscar nominated movie with a little more backroom detail thrown in. Back in 1993, a team of top female CIA analysts known as ‘The Sisterhood’ were the first to identify evidence that a terrorist group known … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThe opening scenes of Andrew Dosunmu’s very touching drama is the scene of a Nigerian wedding with its glorious technicolour of vibrant flowing robes, and energetic singing and dancing, and all the traditional rituals is a joyous sight to be hold. This rich canvas however is not set in Africa, but in a Banqueting Hall in … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis coming-of-age story of two 14 year old boys … best friends .. who live in rather decrepit houseboats on thee Mississippi River with their families is sadly as slow and boring as their nearest small Arkansas town. For want of something to do Ellis and Neckbone like to explore the river and the various islands … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is very little plot in this intriguing wee movie from writer/director Jem Cohen although it is billed as a drama. Essentially it is this. Anne, a middle-aged Canadian woman, rushes off to Vienna after she gets a call that a distant cousin of hers who has no other family is in a coma. In … Continue reading