Queerguru’s Ris Fatah can hardly contain his excitement as he revisits KINKY GERLINKY London’s legendary queer club of the late 1980s/early 1990s

  London’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92. … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah celebrates PRIDE in Cape Town, South Africa

  Cape Town Pride burst back into life last week, with the first full-scale queer Pride celebration in the city since the beginning of the pandemic. The busy ten-day schedule of events included the Pride Party, Mr & Ms Cape Town Pageants, movie nights, book nights and poetry readings, and culminated in the colourful Pride … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah checks out The Glory presenting a new take on Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.

    This month, London’s best queer cabaret venue, The Glory, hosts a unique adaptation of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra.  Created and directed by award-winning director Robert Chevara,, the play stars four of London’s most fabulous queer talents, Alan Turkington as Antony, Johnny Woo as Cleopatra, Alexis Gregory as Charmain and Jonathan Blake  as Dolabella. … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah falls in love with the queer Arab love stories in ‘Shall I Compare You To A Summer’s Day ‘

  Queer Arab love stories are brought to life in Egyptian film director Mohammad Shawky Hassan’s colourful new film, Bashtaalak Sa’at (Shall I Compare You to a Summer’s Day?).  A lively, handsome group of young queer Arab men, mostly Egyptian and Lebanese, and clad just in their underwear or less, recount their tales of love and … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah gets totally enamored with Wes Anderson’s THE FRENCH DISPATCH

  The French Dispatch is Wes Anderson’s tribute to print journalism and in particular a close nod to the stellar New Yorker magazine. A fantastic carousel of work, set in late 1960’s France and Kansas, with a star-studded cast including Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Benicio Del Toro, Adrien Brody, Timothee Chalamet, Jeffrey Wright … Continue reading

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