America’s Next Drag Superstar is...Nymphia Wind. Having made it to the grand finale of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 16—which aired on MTV on Friday night—alongside Plane Jane and Sapphira Cristál, Nymphia eventually battled it out for the crown in a lip-sync with Sapphira to Kylie Minogue’s “Padam Padam". During the lip-sync, Nymphia wowed viewers with... Continue Reading →
Mardi Gras Film Festival 2022 Review: Moneyboys ★★★1/2
UPDATE: Screens at the 40th Anniversary Outfest Los Angeles LGBTQ+ Film Festival on Wednesday, July 20th at 9:45pm at Directors Guild of America, Theater 1. It’s not easy making a film with an emotionally distanced lead character, an enigma can only be so interesting without letting the audience in, so it’s a real achievement that... Continue Reading →
Outfest 2020 Film Review: The Teacher (Wo De Ling Hun Shi Ai Zuo De) ★★★
With Taiwan passing the first Marriage Equality Law in Asia in 2019, it’s exciting to delve into LGBTQ+ stories from a historically conservative society going through such immense changes. Ming-Lang Chen’s The Teacher (Wo De Ling Hun Shi Ai Zuo De) follows a young Civics teacher name Kevin (Oscar Chiu) who meets an older factory... Continue Reading →