Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THIS IS NOT ME the story of the journey of two Iranian trans people

  “I don’t want to be free of you. I want you to be free.” cries Shervin Ramezan’s sympathetic father as the family discusses the possibility of 16-year-old Shervin moving abroad to transition to a man in a more hospitable environment than Iran. Saeed Gholipour’s moving documentary, This Is Not Me, follows Shervin and fellow … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Tom Ratcliffe’s award-winning WRECKAGE at London’s Turbine Theatre

      Wreckage ★★★★ Turbine Theatre Twenty-five-year-old Sam (Tom Ratcliff) and his older boyfriend Noel (Michael Walters) live a comfortable, domesticated life together with their cat. Then one morning, whilst doing a favour for Sam, Noel crashes his car into a river and dies. So begins Wreckage, a clever new play written by Tom … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews TOWARDS HAPPINESS an Italian queer drama where happiness maybe in Drag

  Towards Happiness is director Paola Cipolletta’s drama about living life rather than just surviving it. Andrea (Francesco Di Leva) is a 40-year-old account manager and lives a rather mundane life in Naples with his wife Lucia (Miriam Candurro), a call center worker, and their ten-year-old son, Tommaso (Giuseppe Pirozzi). Their marriage is not going … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews TRIPLE THREAT ….. when diverging dreams meet the realities of adulthood.

  Triple Threat is a very modern story about three friends, Chloe (Stacey Maltin), Maggie (Margarita Zhitnikova) and Gus (Jay DeYonker), who meet whilst at college in New York. Chloe and Maggie develop a musical together, Firefly, and following a threesome with Chloe and her boyfriend, Gus joins the cast. This happens after the existing … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews TURTLES a Belgian queer comedy/drama about what happens when a 35 year old relationship is over

  Divorce rates for couples over fifty have increased in recent decades, largely because it’s now more socially acceptable to be a single older person, and also because more older people are now financially and emotionally independent. Turtles, a new Belgian/Canadian comedy-drama by David Lambert, examines what happens when Brussels couple Thom (Dave Johns) and … Continue reading

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