“Love Child” is not some X rated film! I could recite a ream of dates and stories to go with the documentary but I will let you take that journey as sometimes I prefer to go to the essence of the story told in the documentary. Leila and Sahand are two Iranians who had anContinue reading ““Love Child”: Toronto 18th Annual Human Rights Watch Film Festival Canada”
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“Dear Comrades!” The great contradictions of Communism
I clicked with this movie very quickly just reading the promotional material send about it with a link to the film. You might say I have lived through part of it having spent about a year of my life in the Eastern Block or often referred to as the Communist Block of Eastern Europe. IContinue reading ““Dear Comrades!” The great contradictions of Communism”
“X” A former possibly bullied teenager becomes the royal highness of private orgies only to come crashing down due to a pooping and peeing fetish!
The PR material for the film “X” indicated it was an erotic thriller. Yes on the face there is an appearance of sanitized eroticism but the film is in my opinion more about the fall from grace of a formerly bullied teenager who has risen to her royal highness of private Californian orgies. Christian (HopeContinue reading ““X” A former possibly bullied teenager becomes the royal highness of private orgies only to come crashing down due to a pooping and peeing fetish!”
“Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time”: Hungarian Psycho Thriller?
Márta (Natasa Stork) a brilliant 40 year old neurosurgeon who leaves her practice in New Jersey to meet Dr. János Drexler (Viktor Bódo) in Budapest returning to her home she never thought she would return to after some 20 years in the United States. Did Márta actually meet Drexler at a medical convention in NewContinue reading ““Preparations to Be Together for an Unknown Period of Time”: Hungarian Psycho Thriller?”
“Draw with Me”: Transgender Coming Out
Brendon Scholl takes the difficult journey of “coming out” as a transgender teen youth initially a she but now preferring a pronoun of he. In between one uses the pronoun “they” when the trans person has not yet accepted a preference for a particular sex. Coming out as gay is not easy but that isContinue reading ““Draw with Me”: Transgender Coming Out”
“Ashes To Ashes”: Lynching in America
This documentary may help us understand the flare up of racial tensions in the United States. Winfred Rembert is a master leather-work artist working on creating 50 leather worked pieces wherein he is trying to explain his life. He worked in the cotton fields until he ran away at 14 from his rural hometown inContinue reading ““Ashes To Ashes”: Lynching in America”
“The Strong Ones” (Los Fuertes)
I have reviewed a couple dozen LGBT films and like any film they run from terrible to superb. I have never really endorsed a film being categorized as LGBT. Do we categorize films as being “heterosexual”? However as the LGBT community has been oppressed for so long it is no surprise that such a genreContinue reading ““The Strong Ones” (Los Fuertes)”
Youthful Exuberance: Toronto Canada’s Counterbalance Collective Productions Struts its Shorts
I have reviewed countless films including many “shorts”. Short film is an art as how can you deliver your message in under less than half an hour or sometimes in minutes? It can be done and for many aspiring filmmakers it serves as a valuable training ground. The budgets can be miniscule and the filmContinue reading “Youthful Exuberance: Toronto Canada’s Counterbalance Collective Productions Struts its Shorts”
“Psycho Goreman”: Not Quite What you Expect
Director of “Psycho Goreman” Steven Kostanski may think he has it over me as he seemed to be a great horror movie aficionado of horror movies from the 80’s and mid 90’s. As Kostanski says, “As a kid, the relationship between John Connor and the T-800 Terminator in Terminator 2 amazed me, this kid couldContinue reading ““Psycho Goreman”: Not Quite What you Expect”
“Girl Lost, A Hollywood Story”: Pure Evil
So the storyline is not exactly innovative. Young unhappy teen Hope (Moxie Owens) is lured to Hollywood by her former babysitter and sexual molester Paige (Cody Renee Cameron) so Paige can launch Hope into an “acting career”. Paige and Destiny (Serena Maffucci) are setting up an escort service and in essence are pimps but HopeContinue reading ““Girl Lost, A Hollywood Story”: Pure Evil”
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