Month: January 2025
Salt City Slam: A Space for Anyone
With slam poetry comes community. Poetry goes from a solo project to a collaboration when you’re presenting it to an audience, getting immediate feedback. … read more
Talking To Myself: An Interview With a Ventriloquist… Dummy
Ventriloquism involving uncanny, humanoid Howdy Doo is a craft blessed by trial and error, and someone who wants instant results will be gravely disappointed. … read more
Max Walker Silverman Paints a Portrait of Loss and Hope...
While Rebuilding was chosen as an official festival selection long before the California wildfires turned the Pacific Palisades and Altadena to cinders, the connection is hard to shake. … read more
Focus On Cinematography: Jimpa and Sunfish (& Other Stories on...
Cinematographers Matthew Chuang and Marcus T. Patterson are two of the many gifted cinematographers whose work has been showcased this year. … read more
Deaf President Now! Highlights The Difference Between Hearing and Listening
More than 35 years after the protests, Deaf President Now! aims to ensure that this story is recognized as a major civil rights milestone. … read more
Film Review: You’re Cordially Invited
You’re Cordially Invited is a straight-to-streaming film that’s pleasant enough to be worth watching once, but it’s at best an utterly disposable comedy. … read more
Sophie Brooks Explores The Ties That Bind In Oh, Hi!
Oh, Hi! is a smart and unpredictable collision between 500 Days of Summer and Misery that is a surprisingly honest yet deeply insane breath of fresh air. … read more
Jordan Michael Blake: Mormonism, Self Reflection and Delta Safety Videos
Jordan Michael Blake is a writer, director and founder of a spoof Taco Bell Film Festival (not at all sponsored by the actual chain). His short animated film Paradise Man (ii) is currently at this year’s Sundance Film Festival in the Animated Short Film Program. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Midnight Short Film Program
Sundance 2025 Midnight Shorts has the perfect fix for those looking for a creepy good time in a bite-size treat. … read more
Local Review: Muskies — Muskies
If you live in Muskies’ world, if you live in the world of this album, it’s blissfully weird. I loved this record. Stay wild, Muskies, stay weird. … read more
Dirk Jeffrey: The Prolific Polymath Piloting Wasteland Records
Dirk Jeffrey is the founder and record producer for Wasteland Records, but he’s more than just a sound engineer and entrepreneur. … read more
Local Review: Snuff Tape — The Devils Work
Snuff Tape finds a way to make the genre more than just music as their storytelling nature makes them stand out from the rest. … read more
