'Look' by Viggo Mortensen reminds us to stop and not only look at the world around us but breathe in its beauty.
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SXSW Film Review: World Premiere of ‘Resynator’
Making its world premiere at SXSW is Alison Tavel's marvelous documentary about her late father's synthesizer.
Read More »SXSW Movie Review: Natalia Santa’s ‘Malta’
Natalia Santa's film, which is making its world premiere at SXSW, is an absorbing character study.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): An All-Woman Submarine Crew’s ‘Maiden Voyage’
A prideful captain leads the first all-female U.S. Navy submarine patrol in a gripping new play about strengths, weaknesses, and gender roles.
Read More »Athena Film Festival Review: ‘Fancy Dance’
In 'Fancy Dance,' an Indigenous women (Lily Gladstone) deals with the disappearance of her sister and caring for her niece who is traumatized by her mother's disappearance. She is only comforted by the hope of seeing her mother at the state powwow where the two will be together in the mother-daughter ritual dance.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): ‘On Set with Theda Bara,’ a Solo Show by Joey Merlo Starring David Greenspan
A modern-day genderqueer teen tracks down the ghost of silent film star Theda Bara in this whirlwind gothic-noir-camp solo show.
Read More »GLP-1 Journey: One Month In
It grieves me to see how much it costs to use these potentially life-changing medicines...but the lowest dose restored my willpower over food.
Read More »Theater Review (NYC): The Excruciatingly Brilliant ‘Bark of Millions,’ A Queer Rock-Opera Happening
Taylor Mac and Matt Ray's musical drag extravaganza honors millennia of queer history.
Read More »Book Review: ‘Daughters of Eve’ by Sally Wiener Grotta
In her new book 'Daughters of Eve,' Sally Weiner Grotta mines the lives of Biblical women to give us insight into our own.
Read More »‘How Brutal This Land’ – New Amsterdam Singers to Debut ‘Arctic Explorations,’ Folk Opera by Michael Dellaira Based on US Explorer’s 1856 Book
Elisha Kent Kane's memoir of his 1850s Arctic expedition forms the basis for a new folk opera.
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