comedy. drama
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Listen Up! (Hor Her’a’), a brilliant comedy drama debut film from Iranian director Kaveh Tehrani.
It’s the beginning of summer, and fifteen-year-old super-bright Pakistani immigrant Mahmoud (Ahmed Mohammed) is sitting on the grass outside his family’s high-rise apartment in a poor area of Oslo, and considering his options with his best friend, one-eyed Arif (Imram Abdi Kedir). Their choices are limited given their ages, lack of money and…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews TURTLES a Belgian queer comedy/drama about what happens when a 35 year old relationship is over
Divorce rates for couples over fifty have increased in recent decades, largely because it’s now more socially acceptable to be a single older person, and also because more older people are now financially and emotionally independent. Turtles, a new Belgian/Canadian comedy-drama by David Lambert, examines what happens when Brussels couple Thom (Dave Johns) and…
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ONCE A YEAR ON BLACKPOOL SANDS a gritty queer English comedy drama
Once A Year On Blackpool Sands is a gritty queer comedy-drama, set in the North of England in the early 1950’s. Based on a true story, director Karlton Parris’s heart-warming film echoes the tradition of ‘kitchen sink’ dramas from that period. This film is based on his play of the same title which…
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…
