June 24th 2013 Archives - Big Gay Picture Show

Starring: Jamey Sheridan, Chris Cooper, Ethan Hawke, Pope Benedict
Director: Alex Gibney
Running Time: 105 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 24th 2013

Alex Gibney has made his name with often angry, slightly polemical documentaries such as Enron: The Smartest Guys In The Room (about the corruption behind the then biggest bankruptcy in US history), Taxi To The Dark Side (about torture practices at Guantanamo) and the upcoming We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks (which you won’t be surprised to hear is about Julian Assange and his website).

With Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God he sets his sights on the Catholic Church and their response to decades of allegations concerning priests molesting children. It does this by focussing on the St. John School for the Deaf in the Milwaukee and Father Laurence Murphy, who taught there from 1950 to 1974. Eventually it was determined that he molested at least 200 boys in that time. [Read more…]

Starring: Nikola Kojo, Milos Samolov, Hristina Popovic, Goran Jevtic
Director: Srdjan Dragojevic
Running Time: 115 mins
Certificate: 15
Release Date: June 24th 2013

Radmilo (Milos Samolov) and Mirko (Goran Jevtic) are a gay couple living in the very homophobic surroundings of Belgrade, Serbia. Mirko is trying to organise a gay pride parade against the backdrop of massive public resentment and the constant threat of attack by skinheads.

Into their life comes solider turned gangster Limun (Nikola Kojo), who initially holds vet Radmilo at gunpoint and demands he treat his dog. He then comes across Mirko, who’s supposed to be organising his wedding to Biserka (Hristina Popovic). When Limun realises that Radmilo and Mirko are a couple he is furious at being confronted by gays and ends up assaulting Mirko. [Read more…]

Mea Maxima Culpa: Silence in the House of God (DVD)

The Parade (Parada) (DVD)