Oliver Hermanus
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm drew the lucky straw and got to review the (excellent) ‘THE HISTORY OF SOUND’
Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor, both familiar with portraying LGBTQ+ characters, deliver profoundly moving performances in writer Ben Shattuk’s tender love story The History of Sound. Often compared, somewhat lazily, to Brokeback Mountain, this film distinguishes itself by weaving the emotional magic of music into its narrative. It’s not love at first sight, but…
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Queerguru previews Paul Mescal and Josh OConnor in THE HISTORY OF SOUND possibly the best queer romance of 2025
On paper, at least, we would always prefer gay actors playing gay roles for several reasons, but there are wonderful exceptions, such as Irish Paul Mescal and British Josh O’Connor in The History of Sound. O’Connor’s breakthrough role was playing a closeted gay farmer in God’s Own Country, whilst Mescal made us all fall in…
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Queerguru reviews Bill Nighy’s award-worthy performance in LIVING directed by Oliver Hermanus
It is quite rare for any established ‘character actor’ to be given a starring role in films, but at aged 73 Bill Nighy finally got his chance and was rewarded with an Academy Award Nomination for Best Actor. It is not as though he has been idle up to now and his stage, TV, and…
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Oliver Hermanus talks about MOFFIE his excellent harrowing coming-of-age drama
The fact that ‘moffie’ is the South African equivalent of ‘faggot’ sets the tone for one of the most harrowing coming-of-age films we have ever seen. It is set in South Africa in 1981 in apartheid where the white minority still dominates and persecutes the ‘colored’ population. They however are not the enemy in this…
