Andrew Hebden
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews MEDUSA DELUXE a ‘hairdressing whodunit’ @ BFI London Film Festival
Medusa Deluxe, written and directed by Thomas Hardiman, is a whodunnit set in the backstabbing world of competitive hairdressing shows. Completed in one shot that meanders through a claustrophobic set like a deranged Cluedo board we are sent on a hunt to decipher which of the coiffed caricatures is the killer. It’s definitely a…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews LUKAS DHONT’s ‘wounding masterpiece’ CLOSE at BFI London Film Festival
On a film that loosely follows the seasons, to say that Lukas Dhont’s Close might make you weep is as inevitable as saying winter might follow autumn. The emotions are so finely evoked in this masterful coming of age drama they could have been drawn with an eyelash. 13-year-olds Leo (Eden Dambrine) and Remi…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden revisits The Glory, one of his favorite queer spaces , to review All The Fraudulent Horse Girls
All The Fraudulent Horse Girls ☆☆☆ The Glory, London Just as the opening of the Elizabeth Line has nudged The Glory Pub onto a few more people’s destination lists then this quirky, teaching fable, with a raucous overtone and a psychological undercurrent, might be a timely elbow for those not familiar with The Glory’s gloriously…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden’s ✩✩✩✩✩ review of ARLENE PHILLIP’s THE HOUSE OF FLAMENKA
House of Flamenka ✩✩✩✩✩ Peacock Theatre What is one of the greatest achievements a Spaniard can make? To surprise the putamadre. This putamadre was shaken up like a good cocktail and, along with the rest of the audience watching Arlene Phillips House of Flamenka, left with a smile of satisfaction. House of Flamenka delivers everything…
