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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SHOULDER DANCE a tale about the split between love and desire.

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    Handsome New York couple Ira (Matt Dallas) and Josh (Taylor Frey) live a seemingly gilded life, dividing their time between NY and their beautiful home in the Hamptons. Ira is a hard-working, successful agent and Josh is a less successful actor. The two have been together for ten years and, although they have … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE CRIME IS MINE a fab feminist screwball romp by French auteur François Ozon

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    The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime) is the latest film from prolific queer French director Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool, Summer of 85, 8 Women), one of France’s most modern film directors. Loosely based on the 1934 play Mon Crime, Ozon’s adaptation is an amusing feminist screwball romp, championing a sorority, set in mid-1930’s … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE MATTACHINE FAMILY a heart-touching story about queer parenthood

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  Handsome couple Thomas (Juan Pablo Di Pace) and Oscar (Nico Tortorella) are living a good life in LA. They are in love, busy, and happy foster parents to a young kid Arthur (Matthew Jacob Ocampo). When it’s time for Arthur to return to his birth mother, however, his loss affects the couple deeply and … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE PERSIAN VERSION : a heartfelt dive into Iranian-American family life

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  The Persian Version takes a heartfelt dive into Iranian-American family life. Part comedy, part history lesson, part drama, part musical, writer/director Maryam Keshavarz’s award-winning tale, loosely based on a true story, details the lives of the New York-based Jamshidpour family from the women’s perspective. Leila (Layla Mohammadi) is the only daughter amongst the eight … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the restored version of I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing

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  I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing is a remastered 1987 Canadian comedy-drama that is being re-released in the US this week. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and is both a queer and indie cinema cult classic. It’s considered to be one of the … Continue reading



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