Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Any Other Way – The Jackie Shane Story about the pioneering 1960s Black trans soul musician.

    Just as you think there can’t possibly be many more high-profile queer figures from the past for film makers to profile, up pops another compelling documentary. This time the spotlight shines on pioneering 1960s Black trans soul musician/performer Jackie Shane. Any Other Way – The Jackie Shane Story details the extraordinary journey of … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘Aristotle and Dante Discover The Secrets of The Universe’ that opened OUTFEST with such a bang

    El Paso, Texas, summer 1987. The long hot summer is endless for Mexican-American Aristotle (an excellent Max Pelayo), a handsome but awkward fifteen-year-old loner with no real interests. He keeps himself to himself and feels very different from his fellow classmates, not having any interest in the things they are inspired by. Homelife … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews award-winning absurdist comedy EVERYTHING EVERYWHERE AT ONCE

  Everything Everywhere All at Once is an absurdist, multi-award-winning, science-fiction comedy-drama from writer/directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert (known collectively as The Daniels). Michelle Yeoh plays middle-aged Chinese-American immigrant Evelyn who has a busy but drab life with her slightly useless husband, Waymond (Ke Huy Quan), running the family’s laundrette in Simi Valley, CA. Her … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BAD AXE “truly excellent snapshot of America in 2020”.

  Bad Axe sounds like the name of a town that would feature in an episode of The Simpsons, but this Michigan place is for real. Documentary-maker David Siev paints a fascinating real-time portrait of his Asian-American family’s experiences in Trump’s rural America. We join the family during the crazy year that was 2020, as … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BALABAN a rare queer drama from Kazakhstan

  Balaban is the touching story of the coming-of-age relationship between two teenage HIV-positive girls in Kazakhstan and their journey toward freedom and love. Based on real-life events, writer and director Aysulu Onaran highlights the case of 160 children who were infected with HIV during blood transfusions in Kazakhstan in 2006 when untested blood was … Continue reading

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