Peter Wong

1 week ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

Thanks to the American right wing fear industrialization complex’s attacks on the LGBTQ+ community, the 49th San Francisco International LGBTQ+ Film Festival (hereafter “Frameline 49”) arrives in a more politicized than usual environment. Frameline 49’s slogan “The World Is Watching” thus seems appropriate for this year’s festival.

1 week ago | beyondchron.org | Peter Wong

Too bad Andrew Goldberg’s anger-inducing documentary “White With Fear” doesn’t end with an image of disgraced former president Richard M. Nixon laughing at the viewer. It was  Nixon who first rode to campaign success by exploiting white voters’ fears about race without needing to use openly racist insults. He sadly wasn’t the last such political candidate to employ this technique (e.g. Willie Horton ads).

2 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

The balm of laughter is needed in these trying times where America seems on the cusp of transitioning from democracy to dictatorship. For lucky SF Bay Area residents, that balm in the form of musical comedy with a political bite has been provided by the venerable Obie- and Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe (hereafter “SFMT”).  SFMT’s shows, like certain government services, are free.

2 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

This writer humbly offers a mea culpa for the late arrival of this month’s Netflix preview. An unpleasant personal crisis dominated my attention. Then again, aside from a new season of “The Ultimatum: Queer Love,” Netflix has shamefully chosen to act as if Pride Month doesn’t exist. Even what seems to be the cream of this month’s Netflix offerings generally don’t rise to Must See TV levels.   Your best Netflix bets this month can be counted on one hand without using up all your fingers.

3 weeks ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong |Peter Wong

There’s a special celebratory air to the Summer 2025 film series being offered by the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive (hereafter “BAMPFA”), and this is not something to be knocked. The films presented this quarter may not be filled with wall-to-wall joyousness. Homicidal jealousy, alienation, betrayal, and war’s brutality are among the themes filling the frames of these upcoming movies.