Peter Wong
Drag King Comedy “City Folx” Returns
Last year, the locally made webseries “City Folx” debuted to do its part to raise the visibility of the Bay Area’s local drag king talent. It followed the misadventures of Raq (Vera Hannush) and Cin (Bex Salas), a pair of drag king roommates trying to hold onto their Mission District
This Year’s Frameline Film Festival Lineup is Superb!
Frameline is one of those local cultural events which show why the phrase “representation matters” remains meaningful.
This New Literary Magazine is a Gift to the People of San Francisco
I’ve got some awesome news! We received a grant from the Civic Joy Fund to put out a literary magazine celebrating SF and acting to counter the stupid “Doom Loop” narrative. It’s a gift to the people of San Francisco. And after months of working on this project it’s now available
David Lynch, The Wizard of Oz, & The ROXIE Theater
Could the Golden Age of Hollywood classic “The Wizard Of Oz” be the Rosetta Stone cinemagoers need to truly understand the films of David Lynch? The Roxie Theater’s summer film series “You’re Not In Kansas Any More” gives interested viewers the opportunity to test this contention. Running from June 9,
BAMPFA’s Summer Schedule Preview
This summertime’s planning needs to include space to check out the summer quarter’s programming at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (hereafter BAMPFA). Why not pay tribute to the man who helped shape both the Pacific Film Archive and the Telluride Film Festival? How about enjoying the balm of
The 22nd San Francisco Documentary Film Festival is Here!
The month of June is here, which means it’s time for the return of the S.F. Documentary Film Festival (hereafter “S.F. DocFest”). This festival, now in its 22nd year. Is an offshoot of the well-respected San Francisco Independent Film Festival. This year’s S.F. DocFest is a hybrid event running June
Why We’re Pausing Our Netflix & Hulu Previews Until the WGA Strike is Over
Dear Broke-Ass Reader, This writer’s digest of the upcoming month’s offerings on Netflix and Hulu has been interrupted by the Writers’ Guild of America (WGA) strike. This interruption will continue until the strike is resolved, hopefully in the WGA’s favor. To understand why this action was taken, this nice summation
The Great Stuff Coming To Hulu In May 2023
As old school “Sesame Street” announcers would have said, May’s Hulu programming is brought to you by the letter “C.” In this case, that letter stands for concerts (Elton John, U2’s Bono & The Edge), classics (Meryl Streep as a Holocaust survivor, Robert De Niro as a Jewish gangster), cult
All The Cool Stuff Coming To Netflix In May 2023
What, we can’t just say “the new season of Tim Robinson’s hilariously weird series ‘I Think You Should Leave’ arrives this month, that’s all you need to know about Netflix this May?” Oh, all right. Robinson’s off-kilter humor might not amuse everyone. Fortunately, this month is packed with other entertaining