Gregg Araki

An avid student of the depiction of youth in movies, I’ve taken to calling the twenties, as we live them nowadays, the benties, after the British word “bent,” for messed up. And, while I realize not everyone will have found this decade of…

This week on Sordid Cinema, we review John Wick, a violent, stylish B-movie that serves as a satisfying return to action for Keanu Reeves. For those who crave no-holds barred action, this may be what you are looking for. Also on the agenda…

White Bird in a Blizzard Written & Directed by Gregg Araki USA, 2014 Just in case the title wasn’t enough of a hint, White Bird in a Blizzard provides enough ponderous dialogue and artsy flourishes to reveal itself as the…

Once considered the angriest, most unconventional, and relentlessly intriguing voices in independent queer cinema, Director Gregg Araki is back with his sexually charged drama White Bird in a Blizzard. Based on the Laura Kasichke novel of…

One of the more well-regarded filmmakers in the independent film circuit is Gregg Araki. With movies such as Mysterious Skin, Smiley Face, and The Doom Generation credited to him, many fans of his were excited to learn that he was working…

To commemorate that yesterday, May 17th, was the International Day Against Homophobia, here's a spotlight on some influential films in queer cinema (within the last decade or so and in no particular order) that gave way to more visibility…

Doom Generation Directed by Gregg Araki Written by Gregg Araki 1995, USA Gregg Araki's highly stylized, vibrant dark comedy/road trip is still in many ways the very best of his “Teen Apocalypse Trilogy.” It's often compared to…

Once considered the angriest, most unconventional, and relentlessly intriguing voices in independent queer cinema, Director Gregg Araki is back with Kaboom, a science-fiction cyber-thriller and self-aware teen sex comedy. On episode 22 of…

Kaboom Directed by Gregg Araki Written by Gregg Araki 2010, USA, France Kaboom should be worse than it is. Much worse.  18-year-old Smith (an adequately engaging Thomas Dekker) is a film major who might be “a three or a four ” on the…

Kaboom took home the very first Cannes’ Queer Palm earlier this year, an award (if you couldn’t tell) that is given to a film’s “contribution to lesbian, gay, bi or trans” issues. About a dozen movies were eligible for the award but the…

A hyper-stylized Twin Peaks for the Coachella Generation, featuring a gorgeous, super hot young cast, Kaboom is a wild and sex-drenched horror-comedy thriller that tells the story of Smith (Thomas Dekker), an ambisexual 18-year-old college…

The American indie maverick, Gregg Araki is back with his latest film Kaboom, premiering at this year's Cannes Film Festival. This is the L.A.-based filmmaker’s first inclusion in Cannes’ official selection. At 50-years-old, his 11th…