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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SF Film Fest: 11 Days, 150 Films, 50 Countries – You Ready?

1 week 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 week 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

2 weeks 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

2 weeks 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.
Hulu's March Lineup: From Oscar Winners to Bizarre True Crime

1 month ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

Hulu has won this month of March with its streaming premiere of one of 2024’s best films. If you caught the recent Oscar broadcast, it’s the small (by Hollywood standards) film that swept many of the major awards…and has as its protagonist a young woman liable to make Christian Nationalist a**holes loudly screech about celebrating depravity. For those folks out there cool enough to have already seen the film referenced above, other offerings this month might float your boat.
Documentary Dares to Dream of Peace Amid Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

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

Tired of hearing yet another verbal volley of terrible things being said about Israelis or Palestinians? This Friday, March 14, offers the seeds for a different way of approaching the subject of Israeli-Palestinian conflict. A documentary and a “post screening processing space” with a meal offer two spiritually conjoined evening events regarding nonviolent paths to peace over this contentious political friction. The evening begins with a screening of There Is Another Way at the Roxie Theater.
Cinequest 2025 Preview

1 month ago | beyondchron.org | Peter Wong

The Cinequest Film And Creativity Festival (hereafter “Cinequest”), the film festival USA Today readers voted as America’s Best Film Festival, is back with its 2025 edition. Running from March 11-23, 2025 at such San Jose venues as the Hammer and California Theatres, this year’s in-person festival brings everything cinematic from silent film to film created using AI. Cinequest’s films come from as close as the San Francisco Bay Area and as far away as Kenya.
Netflix’s March Must-Watch: White House Whodunit and Korean Thriller

1 month ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

A Shondaland series about a murder investigation at the White House happens to be one of Netflix’s March highlights. Unfortunately for patriotic viewers and the like, the victim is not a certain narcissistic orange-skinned bully. Other highlights this month include a new adaptation of a famous Italian novel about a family of 19th-century nobles dealing with game changing shifts in the political order, a story previously adapted by director Luchino Visconti.
You Can Watch the Whole Slamdance Festival Virtually This Year!

1 month ago | brokeassstuart.com | Peter Wong

Slamdance 2025, the indie film alternative to Sundance 2025, is a far different creature from previous editions of the festival. This year’s edition started at a different time than this year’s Sundance. Whereas Sundance 2025 has already come and gone, this year’s Slamdance opened its festivities on February 20, 2025 and is still going on as of this writing. Moreover, in-person screenings are taking place from now on in Los Angeles, California instead of last year’s location of Park City, Utah.