Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideWe have to confess the very concept of the annual American Legion run Boys State Event filled our democratic hearts with horror. Ite been going on since 1935 and is a week-long exercise at teaching selected high school-students how to play politics and establish a state government. Set in red-neck Texas, filmmakers Amanda McBaine … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThere is something uncomfortably riveting about French/Canadian filmmaker Denis Côté documentary that really brings out the voyeur in you. In this almost silent look at half a dozen bodybuilders he invites us to observe their complete obsession with their bodies which dominates their lives complete. Each gram of food is weighed meticulously, every daily … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideIt’s hard not to feel like the worst kind of voyeur as you start to watch this documentary knowing it has the most violent stomach-churning ending. Hopefully it will throw some light on it all. This is the real-life story of two lesbian mothers who in a suspected murder-suicide drove their car off a … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideThis is probably the most sobering documentary we have watched for a very long time. The details of the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida that left 17 dead and another 17 injured two years ago were covered in depth by the media at the time, but that still doesn’t … Continue reading
Author queerguruPosted on Categories 5 min movie guideFor her sophomore feature 26 year old British film-maker Helena Coan leaves behind the world of influential car designer Frank Stephenson and enters that of Hollywood’s biggest stars of all time. Audrey Hepburn had kicked off her entry into the big time with her first starring role in Roman Holiday in 1953 picking up … Continue reading