Peter Wong

As the powerful, infuriating, and yet hopeful documentary “Hollywood Does Abortion” shows, American film and television decisionmakers generally round-filed the Spider-Man memo (“With great power comes great responsibility”) when it came to dramatically depicting abortion in mass entertainment.  This year’s<br> Read More »

One of the highlights of 1980s and 1990s zine culture was an unusual publication called “The Duplex Planet.”  The old people who appeared in the publication contributed original poetry, art, or even their answers to such questions as “Who invented<br> Read More »

Jane Schoenbrum’s “Teenage Sex And Death At Camp Miasma” wonderfully queers up the slasher film, that most violently erotophobic of film genres.  The genre’s brutal excesses get ridiculed with oil gusher deaths and clever shots subtracting the fictional film monster’s<br> Read More »

Kai Stanicke’s Teddy Jury Award-winning drama “Trial Of Hein” provides enough specificity to suggest it’s a 19th century-ish tale.  Yet the way the story of this year’s winner of Frameline’s Out In The Silence award gets told gives it the<br> Read More »

How can claims of so-called “protection of children” be a mask for animus against a highly disliked minority?  Gianna Toboni’s documentary “Just Kids” offers an infuriating example.  In one scene, South Carolina State House Representative John McCravy introduces in the<br> Read More »

Dolls have been one method used in the past to talk about personal trauma when the victim has trouble finding the words.  Tim Odonnell and Sam Oldmeadow’s touching documentary “The Last Yztari” shows how AI can be used as a<br> Read More »

It’s an article of faith in American culture that hardworking immigrants can come to this country and eventually improve their lot in life.  But what if the fruits of all that labor is treading economic water at best or getting<br> Read More »

How does a person who’s been blind since birth find social connection in the analog age?  Rachael J. Morrison’s delightful documentary “Joybubbles” shows how one very special disabled person discovered the answer.  Rent-seeking corporate types who usually profit from this<br> Read More »