CLASSICS: ‘The Craft’
Talking to younger folks should make me feel old, but it just makes me feel wiser and more experienced. By default, older people have more life experience than younger folks and therefore makes us lightyears better. When I was talking to a certain a younger film...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Makes Valiant Effort To Cure Superhero Fatigue With Peter Parker’s Existential Crisis
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains very specific details about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. f the Spider-Man franchise didn’t star Tom Holland and Zendaya, I wouldn’t care as much. Besides the two global superstars proving their names can put butts in movie theater...
Community, Interrupted: A New Column
I have lots of opinions. Lots of them. It’s embedded in my gay genes. That is why I love critiquing and analyzing film, TV, media, and all that informs culture. Culture is a shared system of customs, arts, and beliefs of an era of time, a physical geographical...
DIASPORA Calendar: August 10 – August 16, 2026
FILM An Evening with Edgar Wright: Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – 9:45 PM, August 15: Our evening of epic epicness continues with a special screening of Russ Meyer’s sexy psychedelic...
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’: Jane Schoenbrun Serves a Valuable Lesson in Slasher Movies, Gender, and Queerness
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma When I attended Texas A&M University, and at the time, it was over 80% white. I was constantly...
EVENTS
DIASPORA Calendar: August 3 – August 9, 2026
FILM Can’t Hardly Wait – 7 PM, August 9: Vidiots can't wait to party with Writer/Directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont at a special screening of their quintessential 90s teen classic Can't Hardly Wait! Vidiots, 4884 Eagle Rock Blvd., Los Angeles. Mysterious...
DIASPORA Calendar: July 27 – August 2, 2026
FILM Sorry to Bother You – 7:30 PM, July 30: Gardena Cinema’s schedule also includes Boots Riley’s wildly inventive satire, a fierce, funny, and unmistakably political film from one of the most distinctive Black artists working in American cinema. For DIASPORA...
DIASPORA Calendar: July 20 – July 26, 2026
FILM Zoot Suit with director Luis Valdez – 7:30 PM, July 23: Vidiots is thrilled to welcome the legendary Luis Valdez for a special screening of Zoot Suit, his memorable musical rendition of LA Chicano history starring Edward James Olmos. Plus! A Live DJ set from DJ...
DIASPORA Calendar: July 13 – July 19, 2026
FILM Juice with Ernest Dickerson – 7:30 PM, July 16: The directorial debut of Ernest R. Dickerson, who previously lensed Spike Lee’s Do The Right Thing (1989) and Malcolm X (1992), trains its sights on four Black teenagers in Harlem. While Q (Omar Epps) is obsessed...
COMMENTARY
‘Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma’: Jane Schoenbrun Serves a Valuable Lesson in Slasher Movies, Gender, and Queerness
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains details about Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma When I attended Texas A&M University, and at the time, it was over 80% white. I was constantly in search...
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Makes Valiant Effort To Cure Superhero Fatigue With Peter Parker’s Existential Crisis
SPOILER ALERT: This article contains very specific details about Spider-Man: Brand New Day. f the Spider-Man franchise didn’t star Tom Holland and Zendaya, I wouldn’t care as much. Besides the two...
DOSSIER
CLASSICS: ‘The Craft’
Talking to younger folks should make me feel old, but it just makes me feel wiser and more experienced. By default, older people have more life experience than younger folks and therefore makes us...
MUSIC: Toshi
During the late '90s and early '00s, I was very much into the neo-soul scene. I was obsessed with artists featured on Okayplayer and beyond. I loved vibing to music from D'Angelo, Floetry, Les...
THE DIASPORA LIBRARY
‘In Cold Blood’ by Truman Capote
I recently re-read Truman Capote's In Cold Blood and realized: "OMG. This is basically procedural... a true crime podcast, even." In Cold Blood shook the literary world. Capote brought literary...
‘In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror’ by Anthony D. Romero and Dina Temple-Raston
Since the world is less-than-desirable when it comes to civil rights as of late, I recommend the book In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror by ACLU Executive...