PRIDE MONTH: Nowhere - Gregg Araki and New Queer Cinema

Published: July 7, 2021, 7:44 p.m.

b'Listen, this is a queer podcast 365 days a year. Pride Month won\'t be stopped by a little thing like June being over. It\'s time for the 90s, and the film its director describes as "an episode of Beverly Hills 90210 on acid."\\nOn the board for this episode: the difference between "queer representation" and "queer cinema," the queer reclaiming of mainstream genre work, and the pros and cons of making intensely of-the-moment art. \\n\\nCONTENT WARNING: Discussion of suicide, racism, child sexual abuse, homophobia+biphobia, religiosity, gore/animal death and body horror\\n\\nVariety Interview: https://variety.com/2019/tv/features/gregg-araki-starz-now-apocalypse-1203155576/\\n\\nBlack Is, Black Ain\'t: http://newsreel.org/video/BLACK-IS-BLACK-AINT\\n\\nDisclosure: https://www.netflix.com/title/81284247\\n\\nPoison: https://zeitgeistfilms.com/film/poison\\n\\n1:00 Intro to Araki + New Queer Cinema\\n12:00 24 Hours of \\u201cNowhere\\u201d\\n14:00 Ethics and Young Actors\\n17:00 The Teen Soap Gang\\n22:00 Alien Invasion\\n26:00 At the Party\\n32:00 Nihilism and Vulnerability \\n37:00 Pop Culture Time Capsule\\n40:00 Fuck Harmony Korine Corner\\n45:00 Queer Cinema Recs\\n\\nSay hi to Dorothy and Vrai on Twitter @writervrai and @dorothynotgale\\n\\nOur icon was designed by Allison Shabet.\\n\\nGet bonus episodes on our Patreon: patreon.com/trashandtreasures\\n\\nJoin us every two weeks on Soundcloud, iTunes or Stitcher \\u2013 and if you\\u2019d leave a rating and review, so that more people can find their way to us, we\\u2019d appreciate it!'