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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews DAYS OF HAPPINESS (Les jours heureux) a lesbian romance that has to compete with a toxic paternal relationship
This Canadian relationship drama by director Chloé Robichaud follows the emotional journey of Emma (Sophie Desmarais) from the first scene: on a sunny day she jumps to rest on a floater at the pond, closes her eyes for a while and when she opens them again realizes she is far from the shore and…
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Queerguru’s Jose Mayorga reviews CASSANDRO the story of the gay amateur wrestler who rose to international stardom
Mexican Lucha libre is the most spectacular of sports and the most sporty of spectacles…and was declared an Intangible Cultural Heritage in Mexico City in 2018. Based on Greco-Roman wrestling, it is a mixture of sport and theatre (dance and performance in the ring). The Lucha Libre wrestlers are well-known and among the…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews SCRAPPER a fine piece of British social realism with rising star Harris Dickinson
Scrapper is a gentle new British film debut written and directed by Charlotte Regan. Twelve-year-old Georgie (bright newcomer Lola Campbell) has recently been orphaned by the death of her single mother. To avoid going into care, she convinces social services and her school that a fake uncle, ‘Winston Churchill’, is looking after her. She…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Helen Mirren’s award-worthy performance in GOLDA
Golda is a tense new drama profiling Golda Meir, Israel’s only female prime minister, and her actions during the 19 days of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Starring the brilliant Helen Mirren as Golda and Liev Schreiber as US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, we follow Meir as she navigates overwhelming odds, a…
