Robert Malcolm
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews PINK LADY a low key queer drama that’s a compelling depiction of a religious woman’s sexual awakening.
Bati and Lazer are a happily married Hasidic couple living a simple domestic life in Jerusalem. Bati’s world falls apart when she opens an unaddressed envelope containing a blackmail note and candid photographs of Lazer kissing a man. Lazer claims that the pictures have been photoshopped, but Bati is not convinced, because although having three…
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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 Robert Malcolm reviews “Thom Browne: The Man Who Tailored Dreams” ( and made men wear shorts suits)
With his post-punk preppy aesthetic, and his admiration for classical tailoring, Thom Browne is the love child of Ralph Lauren and Alexander McQueen. Following his late-life arrival at the fashion carnival he has become America’s darling, dressing Michele Obama and numerous A list celebrities, whilst filling the gap left by the fading fashion stars of…
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Queerguru’s Robert Malcolm reviews JOHN CRANKO the brilliant queer dancer and choreographer who found fame in Stuttgart
John Cranko was a brilliant gay South African dancer and choreographer, working in London and Stuttgart during the fifties and sixties. Joachim A. Laing’s stylish German-language film of the same name, starring the captivating Sam Riley (Control, On The Road) in the lead, follows Cranko from his arrival at the Stuttgart Ballet in 1961 to…
