Authors: Alexander Ortega
Sundance Film Review: Kajillionare
Miranda July’s Kajillionaire weaves protagonist Old Dolio Dyne (Evan Rachel Wood) into a life of con artistry and emotional neglect. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Bad Hair
Bad Hair is the kind of film that I think most audiences want to see at Sundance. It’s good, draws from cultural folklore, and pushes boundaries accessibly. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Possessor
Possessor is fucked up. It’s a great Midnight category movie, and let it be known that there is intense body horror and violence. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Okavango – River of Dreams (Director’s Cut)
When it comes to nature documentaries, there’s the Animal Kingdom dimension that also is a measure of success. For this, I needed my trusty nature-doc buddy: Babyface. … read more
Sundance Film Review: La Llorona
La Llorona is a good way to get your fix for a socially aware, supernatural psychological/revenge thriller at Sundance 2020. … read more
Slamdance Film Festival 2020: Close Quarters (Territorio)
Close Quarters is a narrative feature that deconstructs tropes of masculinity—in Mexican society, no less—and instills a gripping sense of unease. … read more
Artes en Español: the Sor Juana Contest for Poetry and...
Artes de México en Utah’s Sor Juana Contest for Poetry and Prose in Spanish is Utah’s statewide contest for literary writing in the language. … read more
Book Review: Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins
Janalyn Guo’s Our Colony Beyond the City of Ruins is an excellent short-story collection, one I earnestly recommend picking up. … read more
You Can Think Globally and Eat Locally: Zaater & Zayton...
Zaater & Zayton adapts their catering to match customers’ tastes, and cite customer favorites as their grilled meats and staples like falafel. … read more
Dance Fever at Art’s Place: The Dancehall Experience You’ve Been...
On a Saturday night, I felt right at home amid a display of jovial energy at Art’s Place. The presence of inexhaustible dance-lovers sustains the warm—nay, red-hot—atmosphere as the dance partners deftly executing the steps of voluptuous cumbia moves. … read more