#mybeautifullaundrette — Public Fediverse posts

Gay far-right sympathiser falls in love with young Pakistani man in Thatcher’s London: The magnificent 40th anniversary of ‘My Beautiful Laundrette’.

Daniel Day-Lewis, Hanif Kureishi and Stephen Frears were almost unknown when they burst onto the scene with this English low-budget independent gem that became huge, thanks only to word of mouth.

https://mediafaro.org/article/20250921-gay-far-right-sympathiser-falls-in-love-with-young-pakistani-man-in-thatchers-london-the-magnificent-40th-anniversary-of-my-beautiful-laundrette?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward

#Cinema #Film #MyBeautifulLaundrette #HanifKureishi #DanielDayLewis #StephenFrears #LGBTQ #FarRight #Racism #Classism #UK

Recently I indulged in an #80s #MovieNostalgia event at my local #kino: #MonaLisa directed by #NeilJordan was nowhere near as dated as #MyBeautifulLaundrette directed by #StephenFrears, but I love them both dearly.