Posted: November 11, 2016 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Aaron Abrams, Alex Hibbert, Alicia Silverstone, Andre Holland, Ashton Sanders, Barry Jenkins, Christian Slater, Closet Monster, Connor Jessup, Garrett Clayton, Isabella Rossellini, James Franco, Justin Kelly, Keegan Allen, Molly Ringwald, Moonlight, Stephen Dunn, Tarell McCraney, Trevante Rhode | 3,268 Comments »
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Warning: SPOILERS
For new screenwriters, the niche marketplace is important because it’s not unusual for that to be a stepping stone for up and comers to bigger budgets and more ambitious projects.
For gays and lesbians, it’s doubly important because it gives us a series of films where the central character dying at the end isn’t a requirement for the acceptance of the story (although that can make it more difficult for an actor to get an Oscar nom-#oscarssowhite just loves a nice helping of #gayssodead).
There have been three movies of late (well, four, but I reviewed The Handmaiden in another post) that are niche films that have a special appeal to the LGBTQ community. Two are what are called coming out films. The other is decidedly not. Read the rest of this entry »
Posted: April 15, 2014 | Author: Donald | Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Charlotte Gainsbourg, Christian Slater, Daniel Landin, Jonathan Glazer, Lars von Trier, Mica Levi, Nymphomaniac: Vol. 1, Scarlett Johansson, Shia LeBeouf, Stacy Martin, Stellan Skarsgard, Uma Thurman, Under the Skin, Walter Campbell | 5,753 Comments »
I feel I should start this review with full disclosure. I do not like the movies of Lars von Trier, I do not like them, Sam I Am. I find them preposterous, ridiculous, over the top, impossible to connect with emotionally, and, most importantly, just plain boring the vast majority of the time. I only keep seeing them because of the critical reception his movies receive and the reputation he has within the film community; so I realize that attention must be paid.
