Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews the BEST SHORT FILMS at @BFI Flare 2022
London’s BFI Flare 2022 queer film festival has an excellent program of international short films. Here are a few of my favorites from this year’s selection – covering Palestine, Egypt, South Korea, Libya, Pakistan, Lebanon, and India. The fact that queer film-making is spreading so globally is very encouraging. Borekas is … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE CRIME IS MINE a fab feminist screwball romp by French auteur François Ozon
The Crime is Mine (Mon Crime) is the latest film from prolific queer French director Francois Ozon (Swimming Pool, Summer of 85, 8 Women), one of France’s most modern film directors. Loosely based on the 1934 play Mon Crime, Ozon’s adaptation is an amusing feminist screwball romp, championing a sorority, set in mid-1930’s … Continue reading
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SHERE HITE a beautiful, very detailed, documentary about the trail-blazing sex educator
Despite giving the world TV gems featuring powerful women such as Charlie’s Angels, Wonder Woman, and The Bionic Woman, the reality of women’s lives and human rights in 1970s America was very different. The National Organisation of Women (NOW), founded in 1966, had led the way in the development of women’s rights, but … Continue reading
Queerguru’s Ris Fatah reviews THE EIGHT MOUNTAINS an epic journey of friendship, family, and self-discovery
The Eight Mountains is an epic journey of friendship, family, and self-discovery set in the breathtaking Italian Alps. Focusing on the key non-sexual male relationships a man has, ie: those with his best male friend and his father, we follow Pietro and Bruno over three decades as they navigate their profound, complex relationship. Pietro (Lupo … Continue reading