Arts

Gregg Araki talks film and sex

Kaboom opens at Toronto's Bell Lightbox

By Frank Prendergast • April 12, 2011 8:00 pm EDT

Fab magazine associate editor Matt Thomas chats with film director Gregg Araki about sexuality and Araki’s new film, Kaboom.

Check out Xtra’s story on Araki, Gregg Araki, Then and Now. See also Thomas’s story, Araki Goes Boom at fabmagazine.com.

TIFF Cinematheque’s retrospective, Kaboom! The Films of Gregg Araki, runs in Toronto from April 8 to 20 at TIFF Bell Lightbox. Kaboom screens every day during the program.

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