Year: 2019
Robbie Brooks – The Far Side of the Mic
While some people get into comedy for fun, some get into comedy for a career. Brooks was born for comedy, quite literally. … read more
30-Year Cover Retrospective: 1989-2019
In this, our 30th Anniversary Edition’s “30-Year Cover Retrospective,” we’ve selected a cover from each year of the magazine’s existence. … read more
Sundance Film Review: Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
The Pieces I Am crafts a wondrous portrait of Morrison that is both intimate and reverent. … read more
Slamdance Film Review: Behind the Bullet
Behind the Bullet tells the stories of Christen McGinnes, Will Little, Kevin Leonard and Taylor Dwyer, four people who, throughout the film, tell us how they have lived with the consequences after pulling the trigger. … read more
Hurting and Healing: An interview with Le Butcherettes’ Teri Gender...
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
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