February 23rd 2015 Archives - Big Gay Picture Show

Starring: Dakota Fanning, Greg Wise, Emma Thompson, Tom Sturridge, Julie Walters
Director: Richard Laxton
Running Time: 108 mins
Certificate: 12
Release Date: February 23rd 2015

Effie Gray is a genuinely fascinating character and one day there will be a brilliant film made about her, but despite vast amounts of effort and some interesting touches, this movie isn’t it.

At 19-years-old Effie (Dakota Fanning) marries the older John Ruskin (Greg Wise), a prominent art critic who’s seen as a very good match. However soon after the wedding problems begin to appear, as while she wishes to be a proper wife, John controlling parents (Julie Walters and David Suchet) prevent her from helping her husband with his domestic affairs, and he himself refuses to consummate their marriage. [Read more…]

Starring: Ashwin Gore, Kevin Grant Spencer, Rakshak Sahni, Christopher Bradley, Danny Lopes
Director: Reid Waterer
Running Time: Reid Waterer
Certificate: 81 mins
Release Date: February 23rd 2015

Global Warming is a collection of four short films from director Reid Waterer which are loosely linked by taking us around the world – more literally than metaphorically. They are only loosely tied together as they were originally made as completely separate shorts, but have been brought together for this release.

‘You Can’t Curry Love’ follows a young Anglo-Asian man who goes on a business trip to India and ends up falling for a local man while immersing himself in the local culture, both LGBT and otherwise. While India is a world away from the place he grew up in, he must make a difficult decision about whether it’s where his future lies. [Read more…]

Effie Gray (DVD Review)

Global Warming (DVD Review)