BY MARIAM DEMBELE AND JASON PETERS Two former classmates at Temple University, both notable visual storytellers, talk about how their work overlapped in Philly during 2020. Mariam Dembele works as an organizer and mediamaker with Movement Alliance Project, leading their Philly We Rise initiative, whereas Jason...
BY DIANA LU cinéSPEAK is proud to be an official PAAFF 2020 Community Partner. The Donut King is the closing night film at the 2020 Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival, where it will be screening live on November 15, at 6:30pm. The film is followed by...
BY KRISTAL SOTOMAYOR cinéSPEAK is proud to be an art house theatrical partner of DOC NYC 2020. Our community members receive $2 off tickets with code: DOCNYC-SPEAK DOC NYC, the country's largest documentary film festival, is back for its 11th edition from November 11th to 19th. The...
LGBTQ+ filmmakers are taking back a genre that owes them everything. BY HANSEN BURSIC Let’s face it: horror is a queer genre. While it’s important to note the genre hosts some of the most problematic depictions of queer and trans people in film, true horror fans are...
BY GABE CASTRO Horror is a genre that has had a duplicitous relationship with most marginalized groups, including womxn. As the home of the blonde victim trope, a character that could never pass the sexy lamp test, let alone the Bechdel test and the Final Girl...
BY JOE GEORGE I was an unusually fearful child. It only took the trailer for Friday the 13th Part VI to keep me awake and staring through the window all night for signs of Jason Vorhees. A glance at the VHS cover for Ghoulies was enough...
BY ALEX SMITH SERIES INTRO: For these strange times, Alex Smith for cinéSPEAK presents a recurring series of articles and interviews that will take a look at the electric Philadelphia sci-fi, fantasy and speculative futures community! This series will showcase the region’s fantastic arts through a...
BY HANSEN BURSIC When we see only pain in a community, liberation can feel so distant. It is because of this, celebration and appreciation are some of the most powerful tools against oppression. In Philadelphia, we have come together to mourn the tragic murder of Dominique...
by john morrison If you are Black living in a world inundated with anti-blackness, joy and resistance can appear interchangeable. Whether in music, art, violence, love, sex, wherever, when Black rebellion occurs, we bask in the joy of resistance. When we take the time to play,...