Andrew Hebden
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews MALEVO : an all-male fusion of tango, flamenco, and modern dance.
Malevo at the Peacock Theatre, London ⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎⭐︎ Malevo, the Argentinian dance troupe created and choreographed by Matias Jaime, has just smashed into the Peacock Theatre in London. A macho hurricane. Passionate, thumping, and raw in its all-male fusion of tango, flamenco, and modern dance, particularly influenced by malambo, the solo folk dancing style of…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews a stunning debut film by Fawzia Mirza THE QUEEN OF MY DREAMS whose human insights are entertainingly luminous.
For a film that is set around the death of a father and husband and the funeral that follows it, The Queen of My Dreams is so fresh, and super saturated in colour that its vim, sparkle, and humour cannot help but shine through. In this first film written and directed by Fawzia Mirza, …
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews “‘The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced A Mixed-Up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits”
Scala!!! Or to give it its full title ‘The Incredibly Strange Rise and Fall of the World’s Wildest Cinema and How It Influenced A Mixed-Up Generation of Weirdos and Misfits’ pretty much does what it says on the tin, with the kind of love and reverence that you can only have if you were…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ASOG that follows Jaya non-binary teacher and typhoon survivor, on a roadtrip to fame in the Philippines.
For some people, the description of this movie will read like a nonprofit funding application. It covers climate change, colonialism, poverty, and trans issues. It ticks a lot of progressive boxes. And that would be to completely miss that it is also an irreverent, and sometimes very beautiful mix of magical realism storytelling and…
