BERKELEY'S NEWS • SEPTEMBER 22, 2023
Brokeback Mountain
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Culture Shot
JUNE 23, 2022
Saddle up, partner: The gay cowboy in modern media
The hypermasculinity of the Western often reinforces harmful stereotypes, especially when the line between violence and intimacy is blurred.
Culture Shot
JUNE 23, 2022
Saddle up, partner: The gay cowboy in modern media
The hypermasculinity of the Western often reinforces harmful stereotypes, especially when the line between violence and intimacy is blurred.
Film & Television
JULY 23, 2021
‘Joe Bell’ slashes nuance for flimsy story of redemption
Where “Brokeback Mountain” remained sensitive of itself and its characters, “Joe Bell” wields a sledgehammer, sacrificing a nuanced, accurate portrayal of its real subjects in favor of an uncomplicated redemption arc.
Film & Television
JULY 23, 2021
‘Joe Bell’ slashes nuance for flimsy story of redemption
Where “Brokeback Mountain” remained sensitive of itself and its characters, “Joe Bell” wields a sledgehammer, sacrificing a nuanced, accurate portrayal of its real subjects in favor of an uncomplicated redemption arc.
Culture Shot
AUGUST 16, 2018
Oscars’ creation of ‘achievement in popular film’ category preserves status quo of exclusion and favoritism
Even for an institution as terminally sanitized as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s newly announced changes to its telecast read as its deepest kowtow yet.
Culture Shot
AUGUST 16, 2018
Oscars’ creation of ‘achievement in popular film’ category preserves status quo of exclusion and favoritism
Even for an institution as terminally sanitized as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group’s newly announced changes to its telecast read as its deepest kowtow yet.
Columns
JUNE 28, 2018
Chicken soup to rainbow sherbet: food for the gay boy's soul
While I have lived among the most privileged generation of queer people in history, a certain outlook on life was fostered by a constant fear of reveal and rejection, the feeling of being a sexual deviant
Columns
JUNE 28, 2018
Chicken soup to rainbow sherbet: food for the gay boy's soul
While I have lived among the most privileged generation of queer people in history, a certain outlook on life was fostered by a constant fear of reveal and rejection, the feeling of being a sexual deviant
Columns
JUNE 12, 2018
A short review of a year of reviewing
From a very young age, I developed a passion for terrible movies. Not cult classic bombs such as “Plan 9 From Outer Space” or “The Room,” which definitely hold a place in my heart, but the kind of bad movies that people just don’t watch
Columns
JUNE 12, 2018
A short review of a year of reviewing
From a very young age, I developed a passion for terrible movies. Not cult classic bombs such as “Plan 9 From Outer Space” or “The Room,” which definitely hold a place in my heart, but the kind of bad movies that people just don’t watch
Comedy
FEBRUARY 07, 2018
Larry Wilmore, Michael Lewis talk politics in live ‘Black on the Air’ podcast episode
Wilmore’s presence was refreshing — his brand of comedy was well-matched for the moments when Lewis veered into uncomfortable territory.
Comedy
FEBRUARY 07, 2018
Larry Wilmore, Michael Lewis talk politics in live ‘Black on the Air’ podcast episode
Wilmore’s presence was refreshing — his brand of comedy was well-matched for the moments when Lewis veered into uncomfortable territory.
Frameline41
JUNE 29, 2017
Romance is as beautifully volatile as Yorkshire in Francis Lee’s ‘God’s Own Country’
At the premiere of his film for Frameline’s San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, Francis Lee emphasized that Yorkshire is a place that is dearly personal to him.
Frameline41
JUNE 29, 2017
Romance is as beautifully volatile as Yorkshire in Francis Lee’s ‘God’s Own Country’
At the premiere of his film for Frameline’s San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, Francis Lee emphasized that Yorkshire is a place that is dearly personal to him.
