Gregg Araki Was ‘Born at the Exact Right Moment’ to Ignite ’90s Queer Punk Rock Cinema
’90s Week: “Fire Island” filmmaker Andrew Ahn interviews the ’90s icon about his Teenage Apocalypse trilogy and the punk DIY aesthetic of indie filmmaking.
’90s Week: “Fire Island” filmmaker Andrew Ahn interviews the ’90s icon about his Teenage Apocalypse trilogy and the punk DIY aesthetic of indie filmmaking.
Searchlight “came back to me being like, ‘We’ll give you as many butts as you want.'”
Launching on Hulu to kick off Pride, Joel Kim Booster, Bowen Yang, and Andrew Ahn reflect to IndieWire on this landmark moment in queer Asian film.
Screenwriter and star Booster originally was set to sail at Quibi before the streamer went under. Now, the rom-com heads to Hulu on June 3.
For his “Spa Night” follow-up, the filmmaker told IndieWire he was pleasantly surprised when producers agreed to his suggestion to make the two leads Asian.
The “Spa Night” filmmaker’s second feature follows a boy who befriends an old man, with great turns from Brian Dennehy and Hong Chau.
Andrew Ahn’s sensitively told story doesn’t break the genre mold, but it does unearth some unique pleasures.