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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews THE PRESIDENTS WIFE starring the legendary Catherine Deneuve
The President’s Wife, directed by Léa Domenach, co-written by Clémence Dargent and starring movie legend, Catherine Deneuve in its title rôle, is a gentle feminist satire, which pokes fun at the straight white men running France in the 1990s and celebrates Bernadette Chirac who wielded the real electoral power in her marriage to husband Jacques.…
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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…
