Documenting five testimonies of San Francisco’s AIDS crisis, Bill Weber and David Weissman’s We Were Here brings the battle to the people.
We Were Here
Apocalypse Now by Mark Wilshin
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It’s hard to wax analytical about such a simple, yet powerfully emotional documentary as Weissman and Weber’s We Were Here. Put simply, it’s five survivors [...]
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Film Review: We Were Here (2011)
November 25th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: 2011 · Bill Weber · cinema · David Weissman · documentary · dogandwolf · film · film review · gay · Mark Wilshin · Queer Cinema · Reviews · Stonewall Uprising · The Cockettes · We Were Here · Wilshin
Film Review: The Deep Blue Sea (2011)
November 25th, 2011 No Comments
With a career redefining performance from Rachel Weisz, Terence Davies’ The Deep Blue Sea is a tour de force of classic filmmaking and nostalgia.
The Deep Blue Sea
When A Dream Appears by Mark Wilshin
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It’s hard when adapting a play for the big screen to entirely efface its theatrical roots. But with Terence Davies’ [...]
Tags: 2011 · cinema · dogandwolf · Douglas Sirk · film · film review · gay · George Cukor · Hitchcock · London Film Festival · Mark Wilshin · Queer Cinema · Rachel Weisz · Reviews · Simon Russell Beale · Terence Davies · Terence Rattigan · The Deep Blue Sea · Tom Hiddleston · UK · Wilshin
Film Review: Weekend (2011)
November 4th, 2011 No Comments
A Nottingham-set gay love story, Andrew Haigh’s Weekend is love in the real lane – tender, confusing and painful. It’s funny, but it ain’t no hom-com.
Weekend
Straight Story by Mark Wilshin
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The title may recall Godard’s 1970 car-crash spectacular, but it’s another JLG film that Weekend reminds me of. And while it’s not exactly [...]
Tags: 2011 · A Bout De Souffle · Andrew Haigh · Chris New · Christophe Honoré · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · gay · Jean Seberg · Jean-Luc Godard · Jean-Paul Belmondo · London Film Festival · Man At Bath · Mark Wilshin · Martial Solal · Notting Hill · Queer Cinema · Reviews · UK · Weekend · Wilshin
Film Review: Restless (2011)
October 25th, 2011 No Comments
Doomed love with a straight twist, Gus Van Sant’s Restless hides a Last Days morbidity in a quirky teenage romance between a terminally ill girl and a funeral mourner.
Restless
Smells Like Teen Spirit by Mark Wilshin
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I can understand why Restless hasn’t been well received. Yes, it’s an anaesthetic story about cancer, a teenage-angsty [...]
Tags: 2011 · cinema · dogandwolf · Elephant · film · film review · gay · Gerry · Good Will Hunting · Gus Van Sant · Henry Hopper · Last Days · London Film Festival · Love Story · Mala Noche · Mark Wilshin · Mia Wasikowska · My Own Private Idaho · Psycho · Restless · Reviews · To Die For · USA · Wilshin · Wit
Film Review: Tomboy (2011)
September 22nd, 2011 No Comments
The portrait of the cross-dresser as a young boy, Céline Sciamma’s Tomboy explores a summer of sexual awakening and the limits of identity.
Tomboy
My Summer Of Love by Mark Wilshin
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It’s perhaps no shock that Laure chooses Mikaël as her boyish alias. After all, Carl Theodor Dreyer’s 1924 film is oft cited as one of the [...]
Tags: 2011 · Carl Theodor Dreyer · Céline Sciamma · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · France · gay · Mark Wilshin · Mathieu Demy · Mikaël · Naissance des Pieuvres · Queer Cinema · Reviews · Tomboy · Water Lilies · Wilshin · Zoé Héran
Film Review: Les Amours Imaginaires / Heartbeats (2010)
May 27th, 2011 1 Comment
Navigating the ménage à trois with elegant indifference, Xavier Dolan’s Les Amours Imaginaires is a glorious feast of colour and rancid joie de vivre. Who said anything about subtle?
Les Amours Imaginaires
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang by Mark Wilshin
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If Xavier Dolan’s debut film J’ai Tué Ma Mère was a screeching queer rendition of Les [...]
Tags: 2010 · Bernardo Bertolucci · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · Francois Truffaut · gay · Heartbeats · In The Mood For Love · J'ai Tué Ma Mère · Jules Et Jim · Les 400 Coups · Les Amours Imaginaires · London Film Festival · Louis Garrel · Mark Wilshin · Monia Chokri · Queer Cinema · Reviews · Wilshin · Wong Kar Wai · Xavier Dolan
Film Review: The Kids Are All Right (2010)
November 1st, 2010 No Comments
With pitch-perfect performances by Julianne Moore and Annette Bening, Lisa Cholodenko’s The Kids Are All Right is by no means playing it straight.
The Kids Are All Right
Mums, The L-Word by Mark Wilshin
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Fiction collides briefly with reality in Lisa Cholodenko’s mum squared family drama The Kids Are All Right. Rumbled with some gay man’s [...]
Tags: 2010 · Annette Bening · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · gay · High Art · Julianne Moore · Laurel Canyon · Lisa Cholodenko · London Film Festival · Mark Ruffalo · Mark Wilshin · Queer Cinema · Reviews · The Kids Are All Right · Wilshin
Film Review: Hideaway / Le Refuge (2009)
August 12th, 2010 No Comments
With a heroin junkie and her dead lover’s gay brother hiding away together, François Ozon’s Le Refuge is a subdued meditation on parenthood and loss. It’s baby boom and bust.
Le Refuge
Au Revoir Les Enfants by Mark Wilshin
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Ozon has suffered in UK cinemas over recent years. Gone the golden days of 8 Femmes, [...]
Tags: 2009 · 5 x 2 · 8 Femmes · Angel · cinema · dogandwolf · film · film review · France · François Ozon · gay · Hideaway · Isabelle Carré · Le Temps Qui Reste · Louis-Ronan Choisy · Mark Wilshin · Melvil Poupaud · Queer Cinema · Reviews · Ricky · Romola Garai · Wilshin
Film Review: Contracorriente / Undertow (2009)
August 6th, 2010 3 Comments
With man-on-man love in a small Peruvian fishing village, Javier Fuentes-León’s Contracorriente has Latin American machismo swimming against a high tide.
Contracorriente
Breaking The Waves by Mark Wilshin
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Filmed in a small fishing port on the Cabo Blanco in northern Peru, Contracorriente could be anywhere. A small town of small minds, it could be Italy, Israel [...]
Tags: 2009 · A Single Man · Brokeback Mountain · cinema · Contracorriente · Cristian Mercado · Dead Poets' Society · dogandwolf · film · film review · gay · Javier Fuentes-León · Manolo Cardona · Mark Wilshin · Queer Cinema · Reviews · Tatiana Astengo · Undertow · Wilshin
Festival: London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2010
April 7th, 2010 No Comments
From forbidden love to lovesick confusion, London’s 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival explores the boundaries of love, sexuality and gender. It’s a fine bromance!
CAUTION: Here be spoilers.
Waving, Not Drowning by Mark Wilshin
With its fabulously glittery pink poster and rainbow’s ark of animals, London’s 24th Lesbian & Gay Film Festival is out and proud. And it’s nice for [...]
Tags: 2010 · A Single Man · A Woman's Way · Almodovar · Assume Nothing · Brotherhood · David Dencik · dogandwolf · El Niño Pez · Enrique Buchichio · Eyes Wide Open · festival · film · film review · gay · Give Me Your Hand · Gus Van Sant · Haim Tabakman · I Killed My Mother · In The Mood For Love · Julian Hernández · Kit Hung · Leo's Room · LLGFF · Lucia Penzo · Marco Berger · Mark Wilshin · Nicolo Donato · Paname · Pascal-Alex Vincent · Plan B · Prayers For Bobby · Queer Cinema · Raging Sun Raging Sky · Ran Danker · Reviews · Soundless Wind Chime · Stonewall Uprising · Téchiné · Thure Lindhardt · Tom Ford · Wilshin · Wong Kar Wai · Zohar Strauss
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