Peter Wong

San Francisco

San Francisco native, Beyond Chron film reviewer, and itinerant political activist. Also at Mastodon at @[email protected].

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What’s Cool On Hulu In May 2025

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong |Peter Wong

May is still Asian-American Pacific Heritage Month despite the Orange Domestic Terrorist’s efforts to wipe the celebration from public memory. While the better films and tv series on Hulu this month come from Japan and South Korea and don’t feature Asian-American talent, at least their existence shows that Asian pop culture is still welcome in America.
Netflix’s May Lineup: From Judy Blume Reimagined to ABBA’s 50th Anniversary

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

It’s smorgasbord month for May’s Netflix programming. See a reimagining of a frequently attacked (by sexual prudes calling themselves concerned parents) Judy Blume classic. Catch a slice of period Americana from George Lucas and see a restoration of Steven Spielberg’s first feature film.
Reviews From SFFILM 68

1 week ago | beyondchron.org | Peter Wong

Alexandre Singh and Natalie Musteata’s mid-length film “Two People Exchanging Saliva” has a title that’s more than just a denatured rendering of the 1960s-based slang term “swapping spit.” In Singh and Musteata’s dark fable, there are no live action people exchanging passionate kisses, as doing so is a death sentence (apparently only for the women) in this fictional world. Yet despite these fictional social taboos, it does not mean sexual desire no longer exists.
Can These Documentaries Save Public Libraries and Bat Populations?

2 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

A pair of feature documentaries premiering this week have several things in common. Female filmmakers made both of these films. San Francisco happens to be the stomping grounds for these two films’ directors. Different forms of woman power get celebrated in these films. Most importantly, both films concern subjects endangered in different ways by the depredations of the Orange Felon and his gang of right-wing goons.
Indigenous Activists Fight Corporate Exploitation in 'Water For Life' Documentary

3 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

Even if the rhetorical buzzwords “capitalist exploitation” and “blue gold” are not uttered throughout Will Parrinello’s award-winning documentary Water For Life, the wrongs embodied by those buzzwords are shown so straightforwardly in this film that using the actual terms would be superfluous. Perhaps that’s why PBS (the Public Broadcasting System) might be the best venue for the initial national television broadcast of this film, which takes place on April 21, 2025.
SF Film Fest: 11 Days, 150 Films, 50 Countries – You Ready?

4 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

The S.F. International Film Festival (hereafter “SFFILM”) may be turning 68 this year, with most of its activities at the Presidio Theatre, the Marina Theatre, and the Premier Theater at One Letterman. But over the 11 days of this year’s run from April 17-27, 2025, the festival will show over 150 films from over 50 countries, which is no mean feat.
"One To One: John & Yoko” & “Sally”-Reviews

1 month ago | beyondchron.org | Peter Wong

Calling the 18-month period when John Lennon and Yoko Ono lived in a Greenwich Village apartment eventful would be an exercise in understatement. The time period covered by Kevin Macdonald and Sam Rice-Edwards’ new documentary “One To One: John & Yoko” was marked by the Attica State Prison riot, the first bloom of what would become the Watergate scandal, and President Richard Nixon’s visit to the People’s Republic Of China.
Hulu's April Picks: Horror Flicks and Laugh-Out-Loud Comedies

1 month ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

Took part in your local “Hands Off” protest? Reward yourself by mentally giving the Musk Rat the finger and engage in some self-care with Hulu’s April offerings. Horrified by the chaos the Orange Felon has unleashed in America? Then “relax” with such indie horror films as an acclaimed “put yourself in Jason Voorhees’ shoes” slasher film or a tale involving a murdered twin sister and a sinister looking life-size puppet.
April’s Netflix Lineup: ‘Black Mirror’ Returns and ‘You’ Concludes

1 month ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

For many people, April is not a fun month given that it’s also Tax Month. Some April Netflix viewers will find additional pain by their coming in very late on the series “You” or seeing Orange Fascist-friendly comedian Tony Hinchcliffe get a platform on the network. Fortunately, there are still other things worth checking out this April on Netflix. The new season of “Black Mirror” features a sequel to its acclaimed “U.S.S. Callister” episode and a former Doctor Who starring in another episode.
Wrapup Reviews For Slamdance Film Festival 2025

1 month ago | beyondchron.org | Peter Wong

A common thread among the liars, creeps, simpletons, and hucksters who make up the Orange Tyrant’s appointees has been a penchant for treating to varying degrees anyone who isn’t a straight white male as a less than equal American citizen. Our country’s craven both-siderist media may claim this trait is unique to the Orange Fascist and his glorified flunkies. But as Cameron S. Mitchell’s highly disturbing documentary “Disposable Humanity” shows, that mentality is neither novel nor innocent.