The 21st century has seen any number of films about the stories people tell themselves in order to rationalize and reconfigure their trauma, but none have been more raw or powerfully true to life than ...

Marking the 20th anniversary of Mysterious Skin‘s theatrical release, writer and director Gregg Araki is revisiting one of his most emotionally raw films, which is now more timely than ever. “When I ...

“Mysterious Skin” concludes on the bittersweet and wordless reunion of Neil McCormick (Joseph Gordon-Levitt, “(500) Days Of Summer”) and Brian Lackey (Brady Corbet, “Funny Games”), accompanied by ...

Independent filmmaker Gregg Araki (The Doom Generation) takes his first stab at adaptation (2004) with this screen version of Scott Heim’s 1995 novel, and the result is flawed but frequently haunting.

This week, the world mourns the tragic loss of 39-year-old film and television star Michelle Trachtenberg. Thanks to her spunky attitude, unique style, and her many roles that fell outside the realm ...

GREGG ARAKI jokes about his many labels, including queer filmmaker, queer indie filmmaker, even queer apocalyptic filmmaker. Perhaps to be expected, he acknowledges, since he made such films as 1992's ...