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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews THE BOLLYWOOD GUIDE TO REVENGE @ London’s Soho Theatre
“The Bollywood Guide to Revenge” **** SOHO THEATRE, London Gather together everybody, you’re in for an unexpected treat. Shafeeq Shajahan has created a theatrical poem, a camp tapestry woven from two tales that mirror each other. It’s a whispered secret, and a shout from the rooftops, a tale of rejection, pain, and defiance, swathed in…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews ‘DRIVE BACK HOME’ “a dour triumph of a road movie”. @ BFI Flare London
Drive Back Home, written and directed by Michael Clowater, is a dour triumph. This character-driven road movie, starring Alan Cumming, painstakingly scrapes through layers of hurt and humanity. But it does it with a salty tenderness. It’s a story of two estranged brothers who barely have a shared vocabulary, except maybe the word ‘faggot’. Weldon…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the new ED ATKINS show, now on at London’s Tate Britain Gallery.
One of the best art shows in London is also one of the hardest to tell you about. Influential British multi-media artist Ed Atkins presents a mind-blowing series of works from the last fifteen years, now on at Tate Britain. Atkins is best known for his computer-generated videos and animations. Repurposing contemporary technologies in unexpected…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews ‘ACCIDENTAL FRIENDS’ an Italian queer rom-com screening at OUTshine Miami’s Queer Film Fest
Accidental Friends (Amici Per Caso) directed by Max Nardari, is a gay Italian rom-com that feels like it should have been made thirty years ago but has been made today, perhaps only because same-sex civil partnerships, but not marriages, were made legal in Italy in 2016. Its comedy depends on worn-out stereotypes and clichés about…
