Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideShakespeare’s play ‘Julius Caeser’ about the Dictator who was murdered by by a gang of conspiring Senators who wanted to stop him running Rome as if he were King was the most perfect choice to be performed by a Prison drama group. Especially this one in Rebibbia Prison High Security Wing outside Rome which comprises of … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideBruno is a unhappy and somewhat troubled middle-aged college Professor living in Milan with a girlfriend he cannot commit too and the only way that he makes his days bearable is by taking prescription drugs illegally obtained at a local park. One day Valeria his sister turns up on his doorstep to tell him that … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideI rarely walk out of Screenings at Sundance and I always sit to the (sometimes bitter) end hoping that even the worst movie will redeems itself before the final Credits roll. This however, is one such film that I wish I hadn’t wasted a whole 100 minutes on. This is a very weird cold fish of an … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIn 2009 I remembered being totally enamored with an irrepressible young Italian gay couple that documented the struggle of acceptance of gay rights in their Country and being totally horrified about the vitriol and power of the Far Right Political Parties that seem to make the American Evangelistic Conservatives seem like real sweethearts by comparison. … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideAt the start of Nanni Moretti’s wonderful rich and glorious new movie the College of Cardinals are shuttered away in the Vatican to go through the traditional ritual of choosing a new Pope in great secrecy now that the last one has shuffled off his mortal coil. As the camera scans down the long line … Continue reading
