Kiss Me Kosher : a lesbian rom-com
Israeli filmmaker Shirel Peleg debut feature is full of good intentions but cannot avoid tripping over itself with its overabundance of cliches that tests one’s patience far too much before the final credits roll. What starts out as a lesbian rom-com between an unlikely pair of women turns into a comic farce that … Continue reading
Lost In White City
Kyle (Thomas Dekker) and Eva (Haley Bennett) are two slightly pretentious American students who are traveling to Tel Aviv for the summer in the hope that it may inspire them in their art. More so their relationship is rapidly disintegrating and even though Kyle at least thinks he wants to salvage it, a breakup up looks … Continue reading
Me, Myself & Her
When you read that the Italian writer/director of an LGBT movie has actually been threatened with ex-communication by the Church, and that the Catholic Press has even refused to review the film as it is causing so much offense, then you suppose that it must be so racy/edgy that you are in for a real treat. … Continue reading
NIMBY Not In My Back Yard
From Finland comes this rather absurdist drama centered around a lesbian couple’s attempt to ‘come out’ to their respective parents . What was a seemingly straightforward trip home to a remote town for Melvi (Susanna Pukkila) to introduce her German girlfriend Kata (Almila Bagriacik). turns into total chaos. The moment the pair step off … Continue reading
Queerguru goes back Down Under to review ‘THE WINNER TAKES IT ALL’ at Queer Screen: Mardi Gras Film Festival
I think the point of realizing that I was laughing at all the wrong places in this misguided camp comedy was when Hunter found his wife lifeless on their apartment and covered with blood and he still feels obliged to ask the corpse “Are you dead?” It seems that the photographer-turned-writer/director James Dimitri helming … Continue reading