Dissecting the Casual Racism of “Airplane!”
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.

Innocent blue-eyed Colton Grey gets dumped by his dickhead porn star boyfriend Trenton Ducati, so he convinces his best friend Johnny V to leave San Francisco for a trip Gay Paree! The young Americans land with very little cash and even less command of the French language but a case of mistaken identity by Theo Ford leads them to a gorgeous penthouse and a series of misadventures involving two Spanish hit men, Dani Robles and Denis Vega, a grudge fuck with sexy Brit Gabriel Cross, and a steamy encounter with international superstar Francois Sagat. Debts are paid, everyone gets laid, and memories are made in Paris Perfect!
Airplane! (1980) is a fun spoof comedy with lots of laughs, right? I watched this film for the first time the other night. I loved it. Then came the racist jokes.
A throwback to the last months of the 20th century in this comedy film.
My review’s title is a nod to Shakespeare and is entirely deliberate. The original movie portrayed the high-end fashion world as a brutal arena of plotting, backstabbing, and betrayal, and most Shakespeare’s plays depend on these plot devices. The Devil Wears Prada 2 uses the same formula, and is, plot-wise, almost identical. Once again, we plunge into the cutthroat world of Runway, where to get and stay at the top, you must let go of your principles and moral sense. The only thing different is that due to the digital era, Runway is not a print magazine anymore, but one that is running online.
Highlighting the many ways in which AFF 2023 illustrated that the queer experience is not a monolithic one.
Nick Rowland’s She Rides Shotgun is a blistering, blood-soaked road thriller that doubles as a bruised love story between a haunted ex-con (a career-best Taron Egerton) and the daughter he barely knows (astonishing newcomer Ana Sophia Heger). Fueled by white-knuckle chases, razor-tense shootouts, and quiet moments of aching tenderness, the film captures both the terror and fragile beauty of survival. It’s gritty, heartbreaking, and unforgettable—a father-daughter odyssey destined to leave audiences shaken.