Cassandro The Exotica : the gay Mexican Lucha Libre who lives and will probably die in the ring
Cassandro The Exotica is a 49 year old gay Mexican Lucha Libre that stands just just 5’5′ in his glittery outrageous costumes, but what he lacks in size , he makes up with his giant ego. This documentary on him was made by French filmmaker Marie Losier on 16 mm mainly using a (shaky) … Continue reading
Cat Skin
This debut feature film by young Brit writer/director Daniel Grasskamp is a coming-of-age story that is sparse in both plot and dialogue. It’s the tale of a introverted 17 year old photography student Cat (Jodie Hirst) whose very lonely life centers around her cat who is not just her only friend but also the … Continue reading
Cate Blanchettt ….. is one of the ‘girls’ again
It’s been some sixteen years since his last film the Oscar Nominated Little Children but writer/director Todd Field is back with Tár and what looks like a real humdinger. Cate Blanchett stars as renowned (and highly fictional) composer Lydia Tár, in the film regarded as the first-ever female chief conductor of a major … Continue reading
Center of My World
When German high-schooler Phil (Louis Hoffman) returns from summer camp he is greeted so enthusiastically by his mother Glass (Sabine Timoteo) and his best friend Kat (Svenja Jung) as if he’d been away for much longer than just three weeks. We soon discover however that both these women tend to act melodramatically over almost every … Continue reading
Charles Busch is back : we review his latest movie THE SIXTH REEL
We think it is no secret that the multi-talent that is Charles Busch was born in the wrong era. He is the perfect epitome of a glamorous Hollywood star of the 1930s and 1940s: he doesn’t just look the part, but he totally lives it. So convincingly with all the mannerisms and melodrama, watching his … Continue reading