The spa is often more than just a bathhouse. For many, it represents a queer safe space. In Korean culture, it represents a place of familial bonding, where mothers and daughters or fathers and sons ...

I showed up to Wi Spa, the 24-hour Korean spa on Wilshire, at 4 p.m. on a Wednesday even though my treatment wasn’t until after 10. I also showed up with a bathing suit in my bag, on the off chance ...

When Andrew Ahn came out as gay, he was told by his Korean father that gay Koreans didn’t exist; that being gay was an American concept and he was only gay because he was Korean American. That ...

It’s been a summer of teenage boys both at the movies and in television. Ira Sachs told a tale of “Little Men” in New York City, the Duffer brothers tapped into our unwavering nostalgia for the ’80s ...

Korean-American director Andrew Ahn's debut feature stars fresh-faced newcomer Joe Seo as a Koreatown, L.A., youngster struggling with his identity. By Boyd van Hoeij The son of an immigrant couple ...

BERLIN — Strand Releasing has acquired all North American rights to Andrew Ahn’s feature debut “Spa Night” which world premiered at Sundance. A critically-acclaimed pic, “Spa Night” earned its star ...

In the movie Spa Night, 18-year-old David Cho is caught between tradition and his future, and there’s no place he feels that tug of war more intensely than at the spa. Raised in L.A.’s Koreatown ...

Spa Night, directed by Andrew Ahn, follows a closeted Korean-American teenager who pursues his desires and finds more than he bargains for at the Korean spa. This film is presented in partnership with ...

For the months that Korean spas were shut down during the pandemic, customers were aching to go back to their reliable sources of relaxation and escape — whether it was getting a body scrub; ...

Set in L.A.’s Koreatown, “Spa Night” is a classic American story of immigrant parents and assimilated children. The assured feature debut by Andrew Ahn is also the story of a young gay man’s sexual ...

If 2017 already has you feeling stressed AF, know that you’re not alone. Some bad news—this state of emotional tension is probably screwing you over, clearing the way for everything from headaches to ...