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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…
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Jack Plotnick’s brilliant spin on Disney will make poor Walt turn over in his grave
The comic genius Jack Plotnick so made our week with another of his blisteringly funny Disney spoofs. This one entitled Disney Made a House of the Future stars …….. well Jack actually p.ays ALL the parts. The very wicked sense of humor from this multi-talented writer/director/ actor/ teacher/ mentor is a sheer joy…
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Three queer dramas are on the shortlist for the Academy Award Best International Film Award !
The American Academy of Motion Pictures released some Shortlists for 2023 Oscars including Best International Film and we are so delighted that it includes 3 excellent queer films. two of which were made in countries where being gay is still illegal. Queerguru Contributing Editor Andrew Hebden was at Londons BFI London Film Festival in…
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Movie preview : OF AN AGE: possibly the best queer romance of 2023
When Goran Stolevski’s sophomore feature film OF AN AGE premiered at Melbourne’s Queer Film Fest this summer, it received a rapturous reception. The Guardian Newspaper was quick to declare this Australian film a modern queer classic. Now come next Valentine’s Day we will be able to see for ourselves when Focus Features releases the…
