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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ODD FISH a beautiful, and rare, queer film from Iceland
Queer storytelling is constantly evolving in the right direction, and it’s been good to see the latest crop of new films increasingly focus on queer life in smaller towns and villages around the world rather than the more obvious big urban centres. Another welcome development, particularly for trans characters, is for the queer story not…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews HEISENBERG ‘Complex and surprising, highly demanding for the performers, and deeply rewarding for the audience.’
Heisenberg **** Arcola Theatre Heisenberg, directed by Katharine Farmer and written by Simon Stephens is an extraordinarily worthwhile challenge. Both to the performers and the audience. At first, it throws up the question, what is this? As it starts with a perplexing absurdity. And at one point, there is an AHA moment! This is what…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Queerpanorama : a deep dive into the offbeat hook-up experiences of a twenty-something queer Hongkonger
Queerpanorama takes a deep dive into the offbeat hook-up experiences of a twenty-something Hongkonger. Directed by Jun Li and featuring the impressive acting debut of Jayden Chung, we follow an unnamed protagonist (Chung) as he flips from hook-up to hook-up in and around Hong Kong. What makes this guy different is that he takes on…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews “Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailored Dreams” ( and made men wear shorts suits)
With his post-punk preppy aesthetic, and his admiration for classical tailoring, Thom Browne is the love child of Ralph Lauren and Alexander McQueen. Following his late-life arrival at the fashion carnival he has become America’s darling, dressing Michele Obama and numerous A list celebrities, whilst filling the gap left by the fading fashion stars of…
