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
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CASA SUSANNA a compelling documentary about a secret haven for trans men & women in the 1960s
Casa Susanna is a compelling documentary about a group of cross-dressing men/trans women in early 1960s America. Acclaimed French screenwriter/director Sebastien Lifshitz opens up a world few of us would know about had it not been for a set of photographs found at a New York flea market in 2004. The early 1960s … Continue reading
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CHESTNUT a beautiful queer love triangle the debut film of Jac Cron
Chestnut is a beautifully poetic coming-of-age tale that champions those under-rated periods in our lives where we are in-between jobs, or between education and our first proper job. Those eternal times when we mourn the loss of our previous life and are slightly anxious about our future life. We have time on our … Continue reading
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews CHRISSY JUDY a story about a queer chosen family
Chrissy Judy takes a poignant dive into what our friendships do for us – in particular those that involve our queer chosen families. Chrissy (Wyatt Fenner) and Judy (Todd Flaherty) are best friends and have been performing drag together for a while, mostly to rather disinterested audiences in New York City and Fire Island. … Continue reading