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FirstGlance Film Review: Lost on Purpose
Along with a clever script and Kaczmarek’s great performance, this film boasts a solid cast of actors from start to finish, which truly makes this film damn good and sure to leave an impact.
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FirstGlance Film Review: Face 2 Face
Director Katherine Brooks, who has directed MTV reality shows like The Osbournes and The Real World, shows just how alone people can really be, despite being connected to thousands of online “friends.”
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FirstGlance Film Review: Love at a Certain Age
Although you may try to avoid the thought of elderly people being in love and having sex, this documentary shows that even as we get old and wrinkly, our desire to be with someone never goes away.
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FirstGlance Film Review: The Derby Girls
“Some girls were meant to be princesses, and some girls were meant to knock princesses on their ass, and skate away laughing.”
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FirstGlance Film Review: Unlaced
It’s not too often that a film deals with the subject of domestic violence with the male being the victim, but Unlaced does a nice job showing how destructive it can be, no matter which partner is being abused.
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FaltyDL @ The Depot 04.27 with James Blake
I walked into The Depot’s stage room hearing the same synth key pulsing. It was great to build anticipation, but what I saw was being talked about in the audience more than the music. … read more
Bonobo @ Urban Lounge 04.27 with El Ten Eleven
With a heavy click, the smooth sounds of Bonobo filtered through the musky crowd. Ten vertical panels with thousands of tiny LEDs panned a wave of light across Green’s back and the faces of his onlookers. … read more
BEGging For Change: An Interview with Rory Freedman
It was only a matter of time until Rory Freedman, a longtime vegan and co-author of Skinny Bitch, wrote BEG, a straightforward book about our weird relationship with animals. … read more
Senses Fail @ In the Venue 04.27
After an already kick-ass night, Senses Fail took the stage and punched everyone in the audience in the face. “Renacer,” the title track of their new release, is the hardest song that they’ve ever written and it’s exactly as amazing live as I was hoping it would be. It’s so good it hurts, and it hurts so good. … read more
Rodriguez @ The Complex 04.29
As the weeks went by, I had the chance to see Searching for Sugar Man a second time, renewing my excitement to see him live. News of a sold-out show spread through the streets of the Internet and status updates of those in need of tickets filled my feed in the days leading up to the concert. … read more