For his sophomore film TREMORS, which is also the 2nd movie from Guatemala with an LGBTQ story line, the award-winning writer/director Jayro Bustamante was met with some resistance at the casting stage when over 80% of the local actors refused to play a gay man. He needn’t have worried though as he chose the … Continue reading
When 60-year-old Alice comes to Toronto six months after becoming a widow, her daughter Suzanne a lawyer is too busy at work to be home to greet her mother. She asks her unemployed friend Tru to step in at the last minute to look after Alice but then is shocked when she later arrives home … Continue reading
If you only had 6 weeks to live, what would you do? If you don’t know, aren’t sure, or aren’t ready, this charmer is a terrific place to start. Jack or Jackie (Derren Nesbitt) is a 75 year old pub drag queen of the most traditional foul mouthed and boozie kind. Married for 54 years his wife’s death came … Continue reading
There are so many ways to begin to describe this lovely film and each would probably turn off half of our audience instantly. Which is a shame as they might miss one of the best LGBT+ films at the London Film Festival. So, let us get it over with. It’s about old people. It’s … Continue reading
This quintessential gritty British drama is set in a working class suburb of Newcastle where in a tower block of council flats two teenage twins are carers to their disabled mother. Living hand to mouth on welfare payments Kristen applies for a small loan to buy a few wee luxuries which means she gets a … Continue reading