The Miseducation of Cameron Post – Review Kambole Campbell September 7, 2018 Reviews This film was previously reviewed on 31/05/18 as part of the Sundance London Film Festival. A montage of flailing attempts to ‘diagnose’ homosexuality is only the beginning of the fun that Desiree...
The Miseducation of Cameron Post and the Trauma of Gay Conversion Therapy – Review Kambole Campbell May 31, 2018 Reviews A montage of flailing attempts to ‘diagnose’ homosexuality is only the beginning of the fun that Desiree Akhavan has with the cluelessness of conversion therapy in her sophomore feature The Miseducation of...
Signature Move – BFI Flare 2017 Review L D March 28, 2017 Reviews Signature Move lies at the intersection of women’s wrestling, closeted homosexuality and the communities of Mexican and Pakistani diaspora in today’s Chicago. A portrait of people on the move, whether this...
Desiree Akhavan Talks Appropriate Behaviour, Girls and Directing Yourself Cameron Ward March 8, 2015 Behind The Curtain, Features, Interview Desiree Akhavan's feature debut, Appropriate Behaviour, follows Shirin (Akhavan), a bisexual Persian American woman in Brooklyn struggling to rebuild her life after breaking up with her lesbian...
Appropriate Behaviour – LFF Review Cameron Ward October 15, 2014 Reviews 1 Comment Desiree Akhavan’s near-autonomous feature debut brings honest edge to well-travelled ground. Though tonal comparisons to both Girls and Frances Ha are easily made throughout, Akhavan’s acute sense of...
