Reviews of films
It’s hard being a stepmother. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 121 minutes. Four adults are eating watermelon while a couple of boys goof around. It takes a little while to … Continue reading WTF ASIA 256: Kuei-Mei, A Woman (1985)
A closeted Liberal Chairman (Björn Kjellman) falls for an out Social Democrat (a lovable Eric Ericson). Four More Years is an enjoyably fluffy romcom. The leading men have chemistry and charm. It’s refreshing to see a middle-aged actor in a … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Four More Years (2010)
The heck? How many Japanese movies featuring death and horrible fathers are called First Love? Oh, wait. This one is also called Hope? All right, fine. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 119 minutes. Slow … Continue reading WTF ASIA 255: First Love (2021)
A first-time watch of George Miller’s 1987 supernatural movie about the battle of the sexes…or something… Continue reading Late to the Party: The Witches of Eastwick
Come to Tamil Nadu. Lovely beaches. Beautiful scenery. Lots of smuggling. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 117 minutes. The movie starts out with a narration. The state of Tamil Nadu has … Continue reading WTF ASIA 254: Buffoon (2022)
Alfredo Alaria plays an eccentric dancer. He clashes with his conservative family. They suspect he may be… different. His penchant for performing campy musical numbers in revealing costumes is a clue. Different couldn’t directly address homosexuality in Franco’s Spain. But … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Different (1962)
As the people on the street chant Death to the Dictator, one man steps in. Available in Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 113-114 minutes. It is the 26th of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 253: The Man Standing Next (2020)
Nuno, a college student, visits his sister’s farm in Vouzela. He soon falls for Alberto, a moody farmhand. Nuno is a cheerful protagonist in an angsty film. He remains blissfully unaware of the limits that class and gender place on … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Where the Sun Beats (1989)
And now, grasshopper, you shall learn the ancient art of hitting someone in the head with a wooden pole. Available in Canada, France, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 110 minutes. Outside of town, four soldiers approach … Continue reading WTF ASIA 252: The Sword Identity (2011)
Why bury your gays when you can make them bury each other? You may find yourself contemplating that question after seeing M. Night Shyamalan’s latest, the tense and morally muddy Knock at the Cabin. Based on Paul G. Tremblay’s 2018 … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Knock at the Cabin (2023)
Can this movie overcome a decades-long grudge and win my heart by Valentine’s Day? Continue reading Late to the Party: When Harry Met Sally…
The movies from the previous weeks have all featured romantic love and some level of violence. In preparation for Valentine’s Day, I give you a story about…love? Well…maybe a love of violence. This is Takashi Miike, after all. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 251: First Love (2019)
This weekend the cinemas feature many tales of queer suffering and death. I wanted to highlight a film about surviving trauma. In Thomas Fitzgerald’s The Hanging Garden a gay man (Chris Leavins) visits his estranged family after ten years away. … Continue reading LGBT Movies: The Hanging Garden (1997)
Another movie about love and family. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 106 minutes. Van, or Nau, has been living in the United States for several years, but is finally returning to Vietnam to visit his … Continue reading WTF ASIA 250: Goodbye Mother (2019)
Should the LGBTQ community assimilate or rebel? Should we band together or pursue our individual goals? These arguments were explored in a television drama titled Coming Out. It aired On April 10, 1979 as part of the BBC’s Play for … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Coming Out (1979)
OTD thirty years ago in 1993, Matinee was released in the U.S. Directed by Joe Dante and starring John Goodman, it’s the tale of a teenager in October 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis. His father is in the Navy … Continue reading The Matinee Day Thread
What better way to celebrate Chinese New Year than with a movie called…Slit Eyes? Erm…well, at least I did not post this on Sunday. Approximately 102 minutes, if you can watch this video: Or…103 minutes if you can watch this … Continue reading WTF ASIA 249: Sepet (2004)
A married man becomes obsessed with a teenage hustler. His wife intervenes. Man of Desire aches with sexual frustration. Each character is afraid of what they want. The film is in no hurry to give it to them. Dominique Delouche’s … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Man of Desire (1970)
Oh, hey. Another movie about the friendship between two girls and a guy. Let’s hope that there is not too much death this time around. Available in Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 95 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 248: Bulbul Can Sing (2018)
How many people would you kill to save a loved one? How many people would you kill to save a loved one who is already dead? Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 86 minutes. The movie … Continue reading WTF ASIA 247: A Record of Sweet Murder (2014)
Different from the Others premiered in 1919. It told the story of a gay man who is blackmailed and driven to suicide. Filmmaker Magnus Hirschfeld was an outspoken advocate for gay rights. He was forced to flee Germany during the … Continue reading LGBT Movies of the 1910s
