Essays | Features
Essays | Features
Louis Sullivan and Frank Lloyd Wright may be the Midwest's (and the nation's) most famous architects, but the region has always been a fertile ground for builders master and amateur. In Midwest Architecture Journeys, available Oct.
At Volkswagen, we understand the deep pride people feel for this team. It's this same pride that inspired us to become the presenting partner of the U.S. men's, women's and youth national teams. Because, to us, driving bigger means supporting these teams, and not just on the field.
On an ordinary day last month, a scene played out at the McPherson Branch of the Philadelphia Public Library: Used appropriately, a prescription opioid works by attaching to receptors in the brain, effectively blocking the patient from feeling pain. The drugs also have a calming effect and tend to slow breathing.
In 1999, on the Straight Dope message board, a user named HeyHomie posed a question under the header "Dill-based insults in the 1970s," which is a degree of specificity I can appreciate. He asked, "I hear the boys on "That 70's Show" call each other 'Dillweed' and 'Dillhole.'
The artist Donald Judd collected more than 13,000 books, many of which are now housed in a curated library in Marfa, Texas, the town Judd made his home from 1979 until his death in 1994. Curiously, Judd organized his books not alphabetically or by subject but in order of their authors' birth.
A few weeks ago, we posed a question to the Audiences Everywhere staff: What movie best represents your understanding of America and your experience as an American? The current moment is a complicated moment to live in America, and a bit of introspection and cultural self-evaluation seems in order for everyone.
Neon art puts the power to bend light into an artist's hand. Discover an artist on the cusp of breakthroughs in neon and how the phenomenon began. Enjoy! Noticing light at play on an object is an early challenge many artists encounter. Their first furtive trees float in space until shadow grounds them and sunlight offers dimension.
"Art is to the community what the dream is to the individual." Thomas Mann Artists and their respective art cities often feel like they are one in the same. When one thinks of Monet, what comes to mind is his garden in Giverny.
Samantha Sanders suggests taking a moment to consider the you who's #notwriting, and make a judgement-free plan of action based on the kind of motivation you respond to. Everyone knows that the best way to finally write a book is to set challenging goals and stick to them.
Podcast/Audio
I wrote, produced, edited and hosted this podcast piece as part of a final assignment for the Made in NY Podcast Certificate program through IFP.
Criticism
Overview: One man looks at the traumatic event that changed his family forever, his brother's murder. Netflix; 2017; Rated NR; 107 minutes. A Collective Grief: In the final minutes of Strong Island, filmmaker Yance Ford's exploration into his brother's murder, Ford asks "What are the contours of fear?"
Overview: Against the backdrop of Detroit's 1967 riots, a small group of young people, nearly all of them black men, are systematically brutalized by police in what would come to be known as the Algiers Motel incident. Annapurna Pictures; 2017; R; 183 minutes. The Story: Detroit opens with a gorgeous animation sequence, neatly summarizing the legacy...
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Overview: Renowned jazz trumpeter Lee Morgan's life and death is examined through intimate interviews and gorgeous archival photography-all to the soundtrack of his music. FilmRise; 2016; Not Rated; 92 minutes. What We Know: I Called Him Morgan begins on an ominous note, as snow is falling in New York City, and unnamed people are discussing that set, that night.
Originally published March 3, 2017. Oklahoma City is now available on Netflix Instant streaming. Overview: Two violent events mobilized the American far-right in the early 90s and inspired a former solider named Timothy McVeigh to carry out one of the deadliest acts of homegrown terrorism in the nation's history.
Overview: Years of conflict between a communal Black Liberation group, its neighbors, and the city of Philadelphia came to a head with disastrous consequences in 1985. Zeitgeist Films; 2013; NR; 88 minutes. Long-Simmering Conflict : America in the 1970s was a particularly movement-driven time, with the idealism of the 60s giving way to a new righteous pragmatism.
Jack Nicholson celebrates his 80th birthday on April 22. To celebrate, we'll be discussing our favorite Jack Nicholson performances all week in our Jackin' It series, a collection of critical love letters penned to Nicholson's best characters. ...
Overview: Filmmaker Louis Theroux sets out to make an objective documentary about Scientology, but when stonewalled by the church, he enlists the help of a former Scientologist and leaves conventional storytelling behind. BBC Films; 2015; Not Rated; 99 minutes.
The story of what came to be known as the Zodiac murders began on December 20, 1968, though no one knew at the time how significant that particular shooting was to become. There's no agreed upon date when the murders ended because the Zodiac-a moniker the killer gave himself-has never been identified.
Interviews | Film
Quiet, moody and methodical in its deliberate march toward terror, A Dark Song is a remarkably self-assured first feature for director Liam Gavin. The film tells the story of an occultist hired by a grieving mother who wants to make contact with her dead son through the use of an ancient-and dangerous-rite.
One October tells the story of New York City in October of 2008 through the lens of filmmaker Rachel Shuman. New York City is notoriously hard to pin down. Eight and a half million people and a few hundred years of recorded history make it impossible to capture its full scope in one attempt.