Super by Hangxiety is the sonic equivalent of blacksmithing: dirty and rhythmic, but it will burn your skin off if you don’t respect it. … read more
Local Review: Hangxiety — Super
The Gallerist Is A Work of Art. Unless It Isn’t.
The Gallerist is a wickedly fun and unabashedly in-your-face satire on the commodification of art as a status symbol. … read more
Kogonada Films in Fragments in Zi
zi is utterly organic and ethereal, as Kogonada is far more interested in cultivating a feeling than advancing a plot. … read more
Not So Brokeback Mountain: Jaripeo Sheds Light on Queer Rancheros
Jaripeo has stunning visuals showcasing Mexico’s culture in a way that’s different and new but gives you so little of people whose stories have so much to give. … read more
Nuisance Bear: A Meditation on the Marriage of Man and Mother Nature
Man’s ironic relationship with nature is precisely what Nuisance Bear taps into. In trying to help them, we are also harming them. … read more
American Doctor: A Deeply Human Look into Frontline Workers in Gaza
American Doctor follows three surgeons, each on their personal journeys to provide relief work in Gaza. … read more
South Park’s Surprising Civil Duty
South Park’s fearlessness to call out anyone at any time they please has cemented them into a crucial role in the American media space. … read more
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! Is About Learning How To Dance Again
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty! is about survival, love and loss. It’s also an exuberant and captivating musical fantasy capturing Haru’s feelings and desires. … read more
Top Five Albums of 2025 for Mesmerizing Busy Minds
Either way, I spent a lot of time in 2025 looking for music that would move me to move on, scratch my brain just so and trigger an emotional unclogging. … read more
Top Five Albums for the Sad Girl Psyche
Being a “sad girl” isn’t defined by gender or expression, either; it is in your psyche. Here are five albums that have carried me through all of my emotions. … read more
Top 11 Films of 2025
From the early standouts at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival to the last of the platformed Oscar-bait films, here are my picks for the top 11 films of 2025. … read more
Local Review: Lounge Monkey — An Ode to Self Sabotage
Lounge Monkey can finally be a confident, born-again, five-piece rock band with clear direction and purpose, unleashed from their insecurities and inhibitions. … read more
