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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews HIPBEAT: the story of a political activist looking for love in queer Berlin

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  Berlin has been a haven and mecca for queers from all over the world for over 100 years now. By 1925 there were already over 80 LGBTQ+ venues in the city although many closed during the years of Nazi rule. Post 1945 however Berlin regained its queer crown. Samuel Kay Forrest’s coming-of-age drama Hipbeat … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews HORSEPLAY: what happens when 10 handsome young men houseshare one summer

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  Los Agitadores (Horseplay) is the latest film from queer Argentinian director Marco Berger (The Blonde One, Taekwondo, Absent). A group of ten handsome, fit young male friends in their mid-20s share a smart villa in the Argentine countryside for a few days over Christmas and New Year. The men know each other well and … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews “How To Save A Dead Friend” about Marusya, 16, who has decided this will be her year to die.

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  How to Save a Dead Friend is Marusya Syroechkovskaya’s compelling documentary about young love for a lost generation in Putin’s grim Russia. Filmed by herself and her partner Kimi over a twelve-year period, we follow the couple as they deal with the severe challenges affecting them and their network of friends which include suicide, … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews IN BED a queer psychological erotic thriller by director Nitzan Gilady

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  In Bed is an exciting psychological erotic thriller by director Nitzan Gilady. Handsome Guy (Israel Ogalbo) and his best friend Joy (Moran Rosenblatt) are having fun at Tel Aviv Pride when suddenly gunshot scatters the crowd and they have to flee for cover. They make it back to Guy’s apartment where they find a … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Ira Sach’s PASSAGES a very human story of a couple in love but one of whom also wants more.

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    Passages is a sexy, intense drama starring Franz Rogowski Great Freedom) the brilliant Ben Whishaw  (An English Scandal) and Adele Exarchopoulos (Blue Is The Warmest Color)  A chaotic and often brutal study of a modern relationship, Passages is set in an avant-garde, young Paris. Intense German film director Tomas (Rogowski) is married to … Continue reading



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