Welcome to Screen Gems, Welcome to Screen Gems, our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a rewatch.our weekend dive into queer and queer-adjacent titles of the past that deserve a watch or a rewatch.The Explicit: Spa NightDirector Andrew Ahn emerged as a distinctive and commanding queer voice with his 2016 debut feature, Spa Night.
The film tells the story of David, a repressed, 10-year-old Korean American living in Los Angeles. To help cover the household bills, David takes a job at a spa in Koreatown, where he discovers a literal shadow world of homoeroticism and gay sex.