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Queerguru reviews VIET AND NAM an achingly beautiful queer romance from Vietnam
Coming straight from Un Certain Regard Section at Cannes Film Festival comes this extraordinary… and quite beautiful Vietnamese movie VIET AND NAM that surrounds the most gentle queer love story that has already been banned in Vietnam. Surprisingly not because of the romance between these two young men, but reportedly for its portrayal of…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews THE WHALE a movie to both love and hate @ BFI London Film Festival
Some people will hate The Whale, some people will love it. But if you are lucky, you will be one of the people who both love and hate it. That’s a rollercoaster worth the ride. Charlie (Brendan Fraser) is entombed in both his body and his apartment. Reclusive, morbidly obese, and refusing to show…
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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 raves about Francis Lee’s AMMONITE
It is time to rename the London Film Festival the Lesbian Film Festival because once again our favourite movie of the series was all about the women. Last year it was the skin clawing religious creeper Saint Maud and the ode to life long love of the Two of Us. This year it’s the…
