Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BLUE JEAN a brilliant new lesbian drama set in Thatcher’s Britain

  “Do you know what the phrase ‘Fight or Flight’ means?” asks gay Geordie PE teacher Jean (Rosy McEwen) of her teenage students at the beginning of the brilliant new drama Blue Jean. It is a physiological reaction that occurs in response to a perceived harmful event, attack, or threat to survival. It’s obviously on … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Bo McGuire’s debut feature documentary SOCKS ON FIRE

  Socks on Fire is poet Bo McGuire’s debut feature documentary about his family in rural Hokes Bluff, Alabama. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the 2020 Tribeca Film Festival. The main storyline is the feud between one of his aunts, the homophobic Sharon, and his Uncle John, a flamboyant drag queen, over the … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BODY SHOP the latest sexual exploits from acclaimed filmmaker Scud

  Bodyshop is the latest, and final film by acclaimed queer Hong Kong filmmaker Scud (Danny Cheng Wan-Cheung), who is retiring. A front-runner in Asian queer film-making, his previous films include Voyage, Utopians, Amphetamine and Adonis. Scud is a unique filmmaker, and here combines extreme sex, nudity, and rape scenes with documentary-type interviews, camp elements, … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BOYS SHORTS @ L.A.’s OUTFEST LGBTQ+ Film Fest

  LA’s Outfest Film Festival is in full swing at the moment and this year’s schedule of over 200 films is the most diverse selection ever. Outfest is all about creating change, one story at a time, by amplifying queer voices in the independent film community. This is particularly relevant in the short film categories. … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BRINGING HIM BACK a new queer Spanish psycho-drama streaming online

  Bringing Him Back is an intense yet gentle psycho-drama about family, set in the Spanish countryside outside Barcelona. Following his mother’s death, Moi (Ricardo Gomez) travels with his boyfriend, post-grad student Biel (Eneko Sagardoy), back to his mother’s rural house. His sister Mia (Bruna Cusi) has already returned to the house and the three … Continue reading

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