Spa Night was shown at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and is streaming on Kanopy. While a far quieter and more serious film than Fire Island, Spa Night also features a primarily Asian American cast and focuses on the LGBTQ+ community. Spa Night focuses on David, played by Joe Seo, a gay Korean-American teenager who is not yet out to his family and his struggles to live a double life. Spa Night: This 2016 film was written and directed by Andrew Ahn and was his first feature film. 1995’s Clueless, directed by Amy Heckerling and starring Alicia Silverstone as Cher, flawlessly transplants Austen’s comedy of manners, romance, and unexamined privilege to a wealthy high school in Beverly Hills.
Clueless: If updated Austen is your cup of tea, low or otherwise, then you have to check out this classic mid-90s take on Emma.
