Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 1955 the actor James Dean has just completed his first starring role in Elia Kazan’s “East of Eden” and although the movie had not premiered yet, Warner Brothers Studio knew that when the film was released he would become a major star. Most of all Dean himself knew this and as part of his … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAustralian filmmaker Justin Kurzel’s starts his awe-inspiring take on Shakespeare’s most violent tale of Macbeth on the battlefield on the mist-drenched Scottish heath that he stages dramatically like an epic, but bloody opera. It sets the pace for what turns out to be one of the most enthralling adaptions of the Bards work on the … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWhat maybe the start of yet another Orson Welles revival, this montage of clips and interviews in a new documentary from Academy Award Winning Director Chuck Workman on the great man’s life that marks the centenary of his birth. With a wealth of archival footage and contributions from leading cinematic figures such as Martin Scorsese, Julie … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideGreg Gaines doesn’t make friends easily. Not that he tries as he has concocted a way to get through his high-school days without making any. He is a funny smart-alec who is rather clever at telling people what they want to hear, but not very good at human interaction. He and his only friend Earl, … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWriter/director Alex Holdridge knows that one of the reasons he is an independent filmmaker is that he has no need for a therapist. When life throws a wobbly or two, he can simply work through it by making a movie about it all, and that is exactly what he has done here as he recalls … Continue reading