Category: NEWSRUST

Review “In a New York Minute”: Love or Freedom?

By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Promising first-time filmmaker Ximan Li embraces the twists and turns of immigrant experiences in the drama “In a New York Minute.” Based on a short story by Yi Nan that Li adapted, the director weaves together the epic of three women living in New York. If their situations are very different, the […]

Frankies 457 Spuntino plans Nashville outpost

By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) Frank Castronovo and Frank Falcinelli, owners of Frankie 457 Spuntino in Brooklyn, plan to open a location in Nashville, their first outside New York. Mr. Castronovo and Mr. Falcinelli, who became childhood friends in Queens, opened Frankie 457 Spuntino at Carroll Gardens in 2004. In the years since, the owners have capitalized […]

A black man ran to gay enclaves to feel safe. But was he welcome?

By noreply@blogger.com (Newsrust) During the pandemic, a slew of organizations run primarily by black transgender people have all attempted to tackle this issue head-on. – even outside of the perceived safety of those notorious gay enclaves that really cemented themselves during the HIV/AIDS crisis as safe havens. Organizations like GLITS, led by Ceyenne Doroshow, raised […]