Famous for its surreal genre-mashing and cross-gender casting, “Summer Vacation 1999”'s (1988) cultish elements recall the beginnings of shonen-ai (boy's love), one of many queercoded creative spaces that have been veiled for heterosexual enjoyment. Before our time of identity politics and labels, representations of gender and sexual fluidity wove itself into existence by sheer will and unquenchable desire. Today, in the restored catalogs of festivals such as Queer East, we look back in celebration, but also with a mixed sense of wonder, empathy and relief. In Shusuke Kaneko's futurist romantic-mystery, three boys reel from the return of their supposed-dead schoolmate to their countryside boarding school, igniting tensions and unrequited desires. “Summer Vacation 1999” breathes life into a depiction of queer spaces as innocent, fleeting and beautiful, forever scarred into memory.
Summer Vacation 1999 is screening at Queer East Festival
Under an ominous full moon, we witness the dramatic suicide of the well-loved,...
Summer Vacation 1999 is screening at Queer East Festival
Under an ominous full moon, we witness the dramatic suicide of the well-loved,...
- 4/19/2024
- by Renee Ng
- AsianMoviePulse
The first wave of bands has been unveiled for the 2024 edition of The Fest, an annual punk gathering in Gainesville, Florida. Hot Water Music, The Bouncing Souls, Streetlight Manifesto, Matt and Kim, Superchunk, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Joyce Manor, and more are playing the three-day event set for October 25th-27th.
This year marks the 22nd edition of the festival. Among the other acts on the bill are Cloud Nothings, Cursive, Fucked Up, The Flatliners, Mustard Plug, Scream, You Blew It!, Big D and the Kids Table, and dozens more. Tickets go on sale next Monday (April 22nd) at 10 a.m. Et via The Fest’s official website.
It will be a hometown show for Hot Water Music, who are playing a special 30th anniversary set. Meanwhile, Bouncing Souls are performing four albums over two sets.
Among the other bands slated to deliver full-album performances are Joyce Manor (Never...
This year marks the 22nd edition of the festival. Among the other acts on the bill are Cloud Nothings, Cursive, Fucked Up, The Flatliners, Mustard Plug, Scream, You Blew It!, Big D and the Kids Table, and dozens more. Tickets go on sale next Monday (April 22nd) at 10 a.m. Et via The Fest’s official website.
It will be a hometown show for Hot Water Music, who are playing a special 30th anniversary set. Meanwhile, Bouncing Souls are performing four albums over two sets.
Among the other bands slated to deliver full-album performances are Joyce Manor (Never...
- 4/15/2024
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
For 2024, Queer East Festival launches its fifth year milestone with a remarkable line up of film screenings, arts and performance events across London from 17 to 28 April 2024 and then across the UK later in the year. The programme includes contemporary feature films, documentaries and shorts as well as special anniversary and retrospective screenings that showcase a wide range of LGBTQ+ stories from East Asia, Southeast Asia and their diaspora communities.
Queer East Festival's ground-breaking film programme challenges conventions and stereotypes giving audiences an opportunity to explore the contemporary queer landscape across East and Southeast Asia. Amplifying the voices of Asian communities are the UK Premieres of features, documentaries and shorts exploring young queer love, gender nonconformity and asexual identity, as well as thought-provoking classics with the 20th Anniversary screening of Chinese-American romantic comedy Saving Face and 50th Anniversary screening of the once-considered-lost Japanese title Bye Bye Love. Furthermore, the festival's ‘Expanded'...
Queer East Festival's ground-breaking film programme challenges conventions and stereotypes giving audiences an opportunity to explore the contemporary queer landscape across East and Southeast Asia. Amplifying the voices of Asian communities are the UK Premieres of features, documentaries and shorts exploring young queer love, gender nonconformity and asexual identity, as well as thought-provoking classics with the 20th Anniversary screening of Chinese-American romantic comedy Saving Face and 50th Anniversary screening of the once-considered-lost Japanese title Bye Bye Love. Furthermore, the festival's ‘Expanded'...
- 3/20/2024
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
NewFest and the Brooklyn Academy of Music (Bam) have announced the fourth annual lineup for their “Queering the Canon” retrospective film series, this year subtitled “Besties.”
This year’s lineup of films screening at Bam in downtown Brooklyn (April 11 – 15) includes a 4K restoration of Rose Troche’s lesbian classic “Go Fish,” the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Brian Sloan’s queer romantic comedy “I Think I Do,” 35mm screenings of Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho” and F. Gary Gray’s “Set It Off.” The “Go Fish” screening will be accompanied by a Q&a with Rose Troche in person along with star Guinevere Turner.
The repertory series was created by NewFest, co-curated by NewFest’s Nick McCarthy (director of programming) and Kim Garcia (technical director and programmer), and is presented in partnership with Bam.
The event will also include a panel discussion, “Best of the Besties,...
This year’s lineup of films screening at Bam in downtown Brooklyn (April 11 – 15) includes a 4K restoration of Rose Troche’s lesbian classic “Go Fish,” the world premiere of the 4K restoration of Brian Sloan’s queer romantic comedy “I Think I Do,” 35mm screenings of Gus Van Sant’s “My Own Private Idaho” and F. Gary Gray’s “Set It Off.” The “Go Fish” screening will be accompanied by a Q&a with Rose Troche in person along with star Guinevere Turner.
The repertory series was created by NewFest, co-curated by NewFest’s Nick McCarthy (director of programming) and Kim Garcia (technical director and programmer), and is presented in partnership with Bam.
The event will also include a panel discussion, “Best of the Besties,...
- 3/13/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
All eyes were on Miley Cyrus as she walked the red carpet ahead of the 2024 Grammys. She bared it all (almost) in a daring mesh dress as she posed for photos at the Crypto.com Arena on Feb. 4 in Los Angeles.
The “Flowers” singer made her big entrance in a custom metal dress by Maison Margiela. She completed her look with sky-high big hair and a pair of gold velvet high heels.
Cyrus, 31, is up for multiple awards at the 66th Annual Grammys, including Record of the Year for “Flowers” and Album of the Year for Endless Summer Vacation.
Miley Cyrus arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024 | Robyn Beck/Afp via Getty Images
For her first time attending the Grammys since 2019, Cyrus decided to make a statement. Her bold dress, which was made out of gold safety pins, left little to the imagination.
The “Flowers” singer made her big entrance in a custom metal dress by Maison Margiela. She completed her look with sky-high big hair and a pair of gold velvet high heels.
Cyrus, 31, is up for multiple awards at the 66th Annual Grammys, including Record of the Year for “Flowers” and Album of the Year for Endless Summer Vacation.
Miley Cyrus arrives for the 66th Annual Grammy Awards at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on February 4, 2024 | Robyn Beck/Afp via Getty Images
For her first time attending the Grammys since 2019, Cyrus decided to make a statement. Her bold dress, which was made out of gold safety pins, left little to the imagination.
- 2/5/2024
- by Megan Elliott
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Powered by “Barbenheimer,” 2023 box office in Spain surged 31% to €487.5 ($541.1 million), still 18.2% below a pre-pandemic average of €596 million ($661.6 million) over 2015-19.
At 74.9 million tickets sold, admissions rose 26%, 24% down on pre-covid cinemagoing, according to Comscore Movies Spain, which announced 2023 results through Dec. 29 on Friday.
“2023 was the third consecutive year of box office recovery in Spain,” David Rodríguez, Comscore Movies general manager for Spain and Portugal, told Variety.
That said, Spain’s 2023 recovery looks set to continue down on France’s and Germany’s and most especially the U.K.’s, but in line with Italy’s.
“Economies in Northern Europe are stronger and Covid-19 restrictions on cinema attendance lasted longer in Spain and Italy,” said Rodríguez.
As all over the world, war in the Ukraine, Gaza and above all Hollywood’s double strike, which pushed back key releases to 2024 and 2025, created “turbulence,” frustrating a more powerful B.O. rally in Spain, he added.
At 74.9 million tickets sold, admissions rose 26%, 24% down on pre-covid cinemagoing, according to Comscore Movies Spain, which announced 2023 results through Dec. 29 on Friday.
“2023 was the third consecutive year of box office recovery in Spain,” David Rodríguez, Comscore Movies general manager for Spain and Portugal, told Variety.
That said, Spain’s 2023 recovery looks set to continue down on France’s and Germany’s and most especially the U.K.’s, but in line with Italy’s.
“Economies in Northern Europe are stronger and Covid-19 restrictions on cinema attendance lasted longer in Spain and Italy,” said Rodríguez.
As all over the world, war in the Ukraine, Gaza and above all Hollywood’s double strike, which pushed back key releases to 2024 and 2025, created “turbulence,” frustrating a more powerful B.O. rally in Spain, he added.
- 12/29/2023
- by John Hopewell
- Variety Film + TV
October TV Alert! Dive into our essential Halloween TV Guide for 2023 and catch the most anticipated screenings this spooky season. This guide is your passport to the best horror movie premieres, spooky specials, and halloween horror movie marathons TV and streaming have to offer. We’ve compiled all of the mega-hits from AMC Fearfest, SyFy, Shudder, crowd-favorite Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween, and more!
Whether you’re a die-hard horror fan or just in for the October vibes, there’s bound to be something perfect to get you into the Halloween spirit this season. Whether you want to watch all of the Halloween films backward, or stressed-out bakers making giant Halloween disasterpieces while a big clock on the wall yells at them, we’ve got ya covered! And for our global audience, use this timezone converter link to align your screams with the screen’s. Please note: schedules are subject to change.
Whether you’re a die-hard horror fan or just in for the October vibes, there’s bound to be something perfect to get you into the Halloween spirit this season. Whether you want to watch all of the Halloween films backward, or stressed-out bakers making giant Halloween disasterpieces while a big clock on the wall yells at them, we’ve got ya covered! And for our global audience, use this timezone converter link to align your screams with the screen’s. Please note: schedules are subject to change.
- 9/25/2023
- by Kimberley Elizabeth
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