This feel-good French fairy story with its funny hybrid title is about a pair of ‘untouchables’. One is Philipe a very wealthy Parisian aristocrat who is now paralyzed from the neck down after a paragliding accident, and the other is Driss an African immigrant newly released from jail and living in the projects who unwittingly … Continue reading
I am convinced that I will never ever be able to get a total grip on the complex realities of the continuing tribulations with Israel and the Occupying territories as much as I try. And try I do … and typically with me my chosen method is through the medium of film, and so seized … Continue reading
I guess it stands to reason if you write a banned novel back in 1796 that becomes a best-seller and it’s about a devout Catholic Monk who cannot avoid lurid sins of the flesh and has some supernatural elements, then it’s bound to get made into a movie once or twice over the next few … Continue reading
You so know you are at SUNDANCE when you dash from seeing ‘SIGHTSEER’ where a couple on on touring vacation just annihilate anyone who upsets them in the slightest, to straight away catching ‘THE MOO MAN’ a charming documentary about a rather disarming farmer who is completely besotted with his cows who he hopes will … Continue reading
Bruno is a struggling student who gets mugged in a Barcelona street when he is watching a breakdance performance, and Rai one of the dancers comes to his rescue. There is an immediate bond between these two men who also happen to be very hot. (I know that’s very shallow, but it’s that kind of … Continue reading