Is this technically a gay show? Even after getting through the whole thing, that's still kind of tricky to answer. There's never any physical intimacy shown between the two leads, not even a single kiss. What it gives you instead is something that goes way deeper than that. It traces an emotional bond that spans a full decade between two guys who are both dealing with their own baggage, and what they share basically amounts to being soulmates. The story moves across Japan, South Korea, and Berlin. Honestly, whether people want to call what they have a romantic relationship or not doesn't really matter to me. A relationship doesn't need a label like boyfriends attached to it to actually mean something. And closeness doesn't need to be physical to feel genuine. What this show captures is something quieter but way more powerful, a bond rooted in understanding, respect, and just showing up for each other. Across eight episodes, each running 35 to 45 minutes, this is one...
Even if you've already seen the Sean Penn film, this 1984 documentary about Harvey Milk hits differently. When I found out it had won the Oscar for Best Documentary that year, I was curious to see what it covered and how much of it might have actually fed into the feature film we all know. Watching it now, it feels like so many things at once, a piece of archive history, a political case study, a study of a city, and something genuinely emotional to sit through. The filmmaker builds this really vivid picture of Harvey Milk by weaving together old stock footage with interviews recorded nearly a decade after his assassination, and by the time it's done you walk away with a deep admiration for the man and everything he managed to do. Milk worked under San Francisco mayor George Moscone on a city supervisory board that was headed by Dianne Feinstein, and he wasn't just fighting for gay rights, he was speaking up for everyone who felt left out of the system. We get a look at his...