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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews ‘MANOK’ : how a Korean lesbian had to re-invent herself when she reached middle-age
Manok (Yang Mal-bok) is a lesbian bar owner and has run the lively, colorful Lainbow Bar in Seoul, South Korea for twenty years. She’s strong, feisty, and not afraid to voice her opinions, which leads the middle-aged Manok to clash with some of her younger customers, who don’t spend as much money as she’d like,…
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Queerguru’s Riz Fatah reviews ‘A FEW FEET AWAY’ that takes a look at modern dating culture
Scroll, scroll, scroll, swipe, swipe, swipe. Twenty-year-old attractive Buenos Aires resident Santiago (Max Suen) has a fondness for queer hook-up apps that are bordering on addiction. Day after day, and night after night, ‘Seth’ scrolls and chats away online, hooking up with men as often as possible. The apps capture his full attention, even when…
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Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews MIXED SEX : an awkward and amusing journey back to the writer’s childhood in the 1990s.
Mixed Sex ☆☆☆ Lion and Unicorn Theatre Samuel Normington’s Mixed Sex, co-directed by Santiago Guerra, is an awkward and amusing journey back to Sam’s childhood in the 1990s. Whilst channeling more than a pimple full of the 1980s spirit of Adrian Mole this play still sits firmly in the later decade of Kappa shell…
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Queerguru reviews ‘THE WEDDING BANQUET’ a superb new rom-com from Andrew Ahn destined to be the queer hit film of the summer
In the past decade, the American queer filmmaker Andrew Ahn has helmed four compelling movies which have focused on both intergenerational relationships and also on how the impact of queer lives on others has developed. In each of these, there is such an authenticity that makes Ahn one of the best observers of contemporary gay…
