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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ROSIE a warm-hearted Canadian tale about love in chosen families
Rosie is a warm-hearted Canadian tale about love in chosen families. Set in 1980s Montreal, Rosie (Keris Hope Hill) is a young orphaned child who, following her mother’s death, is sent to live with her only known relative, artist Aunt Frederique (Melanie Bray). Frederique, however, lives a very chaotic, hand-to-mouth existence and can barely look…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the restored version of I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing
I’ve Heard The Mermaids Singing is a remastered 1987 Canadian comedy-drama that is being re-released in the US this week. It was the first English-language Canadian feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival, and is both a queer and indie cinema cult classic. It’s considered to be one of the…
Queerguru reviews ON THE FRINGE OF WILD a poignant tale of young queer love
On The Fringe of Wild, the feature film debut of director Emma Catalfamo and writer Sorelle Doucet is a contemporary coming-out-tale set in the outbacks of Ontario where time and rampant homophobia have seemingly stood still. It is a very sharp reminder that even in 2021 life is still made unbearable for LGBTQ…
I Am Syd Stone : a coming out story
This Canadian feel-good romantic queer comedy/coming out story started its life as a short film that had a very successful reception in 2014. So actor turned writer/director Denis Theriault converted it into a Web Series which we then viewed as a feature film at the OUTshine Virtual Film Festival in Miami. Syd (Travis Nelson)…
