Teri Gender Bender spoke with me on a lazy afternoon about such topics as: her band, Le Butcherettes and their phenomenal new album bi/MENTAL. … read more
Hurting and Healing: An interview with Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender Bender
Sundance Film Review: This Is Not Berlin
This Is Not Berlin celebrates the (sexual and artistic) counter-cultural liberation that this permutation of the punk scene heralded in the ’80s. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Happy Face
In a disorienting evolution, the film Happy Face is a piece that explores abandonment, fear and the interplay between society and self-worth. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: A Great Lamp
A Great Lamp makes crucial points about the coded ways we talk about what it means to be well-adjusted or independent, and why these terms might be ultimately futile. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Skynd Deg Sakte (Hurry Slowly)
Skynd Deg Sakte is a gorgeous, affecting tribute to the things we sometimes overlook or undermine. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Crystal Swan
The theme of the movie centers around the dichotomy of Velya wanting more for herself amid the complacency of everyone around her in Belarus. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Beats
If it’s not the most original movie, Beats excels in what seems to be its main goal: show the heartwarming and restorative power of true friendship. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Spiral Farm
Spiral Farm has the ability to haunt you with its relevance and leave you in amazement with its nuanced imagery and simple, unexpected beauty. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: The Beksińskis. A Sound and Picture Album
The Beksinkis. A Sound and Picture Film is a heart-wrenching film dripping with melancholy, but it certainly is worth the watch. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: History of Love
History of Love is a visual exploration of what grief looks as it unwinds, and as it unwinds people. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: We Are Thankful
We Are Thankful and its protagonist are genuine, real and undeniably lovely in their authenticity. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Cat Sticks
Cat Sticks delves into the desperate, nightly endeavors of several addicts maneuvering their torturous jones and unglamorously careening through the sad underground of their city. … read more
