Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews MARK FARRELLYs tour-de-force performance in JARMAN

  Jarman ☆☆☆☆☆ Greenwich Theatre, London   ”Decadence is a sign of intelligence.” This quote, spoken by Mark Farrelly (Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope, Howerd’s End) as Derek Jarman in his new solo play Jarman, reminded me of the brilliant mind we lost to AIDS in 1994. You could always rely on Jarman to give an … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah previews Martin O’Brien’s ‘Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis)’ at the Whitechapel Gallery

    Artist and zombie Martin O’Brien is back! On Thursday 14th December, Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis) will be performed, the third and final part of the queer writer and performance artist’s trilogy as Writer in Residence at London’s esteemed Whitechapel Gallery.  The work will take the form of a … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Matt Parvins excellent new play GENTLEMEN

  Gentlemen ✩✩✩✩ Arcola Theatre, London The first term for new arrivals at university is a heady mix of emotions. For young people, often away from home and lifelong friends for the first time, this involves channeling high levels of hormones and intelligence with newly-found freedoms and prospects, and the opportunity to create a new … Continue reading

Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews Mexican queer filmmaker Gian Cassini search for the troubled truth in COMALA

  Mexican director Gian Cassini’s COMALA is an intimate true-crime odyssey. It follows Cassini as he attempts to uncover the truths of his father’s violent past as a small-time hitman and drug trafficker in Tijuana. Through his queer lens, Cassini unpacks the deeply-rooted networks of machismo and toxic masculinity that informed his own life and perpetuated his family’s … Continue reading

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 … Continue reading

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