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Jane Campion’s controversial The Power of the Dog at London Film Festival reviewed by Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden

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Let’s address the controversy first. The choice of Benedict Cumberbatch to play the lead gay role in Jane Campion’s deceptively submerged The Power of the Dog led to further angst about whether it is OK to cast straight actors in gay roles. Let’s just say that Queerguru believes in equal opportunity but until we get … Continue reading



Last Night in Soho at the London Film Festival : reviewed by Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden

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  “London is a lot” is repeated several times in Edgar Wright’s Last Night in Soho. And if London is a lot, then the distilled essence of London’s fashion and party scene in Soho is a lot more. And then there is Wright’s imaginatively fertile fairy tale gothic horror movie centred in Soho and the … Continue reading



Lovers and Fighters : a brilliant collection of shorts : sexual surprises, gender fluidity and some serious flip flopping

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  Mark your calendar, tag the location, Wednesday 15th Jan 2020 at Regent St Cinema Queerguru got so queer that we briefly looped back round to straight and then just kept going because we were having so much fun. The cause of this head spinning roller coaster ride was Fringe! Lovers & Fighters, a brilliantly boggling … Continue reading



New French Shorts 2020 : with flashes of honesty, humour and a little horniness

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                      A marvelously robust and compelling group of French shorts. They are all satisfyingly different filled with flashes of honesty, humour and a little horniness   AHMED’S SONG (Le chant d’Ahmed) Director: Foued Mansour The low key charm is real as young Mike, a chancer … Continue reading



Queerguru’s Andrew Hebden reviews BOY MEETS BOY

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Warning: This film contains penetration of social bubbles, unsanitized hands, and explicit bare facing. It is for fantasy purposes only. In Daniel Sanchez Lopez’s Boy Meets Boy two gay men meet each other on the dancefloor in Berlin after 24 hours of clubbing. At first, it’s the hazy intimacy of drugs that brings them together … Continue reading



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