Ris Fatah
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‘Queerguru’s Ris Fatah gets festive with The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe’, a very adult pantomime, currently on at London’s cute Union Theatre.
The Liar, The Bitch and The Wardrobe. ★★★★ Union Theatre, London It’s pantomime season in the UK, the glorious theatrical tradition that has been on stages since the early 1700s. Originally developed from 16th-century Italian street theatre, it’s one of our finest Christmas rituals. So, it’s off to my favourite London theatre, the intimate Union…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Move Ya Body: The Birth of House, a compelling journey back to queer black 1980s Chicago.
Move Ya Body: The Birth of House traces the evolution of House music through the eyes of one of its creators, Chicago native Vince Lawrence, founder of Trax Records and creator of the first house track launched, Z Factor’s 1984 Fantasy. Director Elegance Bratton has created a gem of a music documentary. Part social history…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Love Me Tender, a beautiful, poignant French drama. Unmissable.
The raw brutality of a vicious child custody battle is laid bare in Love Me Tender, director Anna Cazenave Cambert’s adaptation of Constance Debre’s 2020 novel. Premiering at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Love Me Tender is based on Debre’s real-life experiences of being a French lawyer turned bohemian author who loses custody of her…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews 3670, a thought-provoking tale of a shy North Korean gay defector’s assimilation into Seoul’s vibrant queer life.
South Korea has a vibrant queer scene, particularly in buzzing Seoul. The mainstream society remains fairly conservative, though, and many queer people remain in the closet there. 3670, a new drama by director Joonho Park, explores this from the perspective of Kim Cheol-jun (You-hyun Cho), a handsome North Korean defector who escaped to South Korea…
