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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews A HOUSE IS NOT A DISCO … Brian J Smith’s love letter to Fire Island
Fire Island. The place is evocative to so many queers around the world. The narrow ten square miles sand bar of 600 beach houses, a hundred co-ops, a beautiful beach, wooden boardwalks, no roads or cars, and a handful of commercial businesses is 49 miles off the coast of New York City in…
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Queerguru reviews BLUE SUNSHINE a remarkable must-see transitioning story from India that both entertains and educates
One of the sheer joys and benefits of being a queer film reviewer is that we get to be on the frontline to see how and when our community emerges from the darkness of our past and continues to self-determines its own destiny. Its also the way we can learn about the other parts…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah can hardly contain his excitement as he revisits KINKY GERLINKY London’s legendary queer club of the late 1980s/early 1990s
London’s legendary late 1980s/early 1990s queer club night Kinky Gerlinky is back in the spotlight with the release of a twenty-one-episode set of footage from the infamous club. Film-maker and photographer Dick Jewell, then partner of one of the resident DJs Rachel Auburn, shot over 200 hours of footage at the club during 1990-92.…
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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…
