Ris Fatah
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah ‘loves ‘ LUCIAN FREUD New Perspectives @ London’s National Gallery
Lucian Freud’s landmark exhibition to mark the centenary of his birth finishes next Sunday 22nd January at London’s National Gallery, so head on down there while you can. Freud (1922-2011) was one of Britain’s most renowned figurative painters. Born in Berlin, and the grandson of the famous psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud, his family fled the Nazis…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews BALABAN a rare queer drama from Kazakhstan
Balaban is the touching story of the coming-of-age relationship between two teenage HIV-positive girls in Kazakhstan and their journey toward freedom and love. Based on real-life events, writer and director Aysulu Onaran highlights the case of 160 children who were infected with HIV during blood transfusions in Kazakhstan in 2006 when untested blood was…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE CELLULOID BORDELLO which analyses the history of the portrayal of Hollywood’s on-screen hookers.
Since the dawn of the movie industry, filmmakers have been fascinated with sex workers. From early Twentieth Century movies such as 1900s The Girl Who Went Astray, through to countless classic films from our lifetimes, such as Midnight Express, Pretty Woman and Risky Business, hookers, hustlers, call girls, rent-boys, strippers and street-walkers have been…
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Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Nina Menkes’ ‘Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power’ which investigates the politics of cinematic shot design
Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power is filmmaker Nina Menkes’ thought-provoking analysis of the sexual politics in (heterosexual, I should add) cinematic shot design. Part documentary, part student lecture, and using scenes from dozens of our favorite movies as examples, Menkes successfully argues that shot design perpetuates sexism and other ills across the world. Movies such…
