Interview w/ June Owatari
June Owatari’s Grrl on Grrl Podcast is a complete revelation. Informative, funny, and unarguably rad, the interview show features women and nonbinary musicians in an exquisitely produced format
April and the Extraordinary World
Forget the otherworldly whimsy of Hayao Miyazaki or the indelible oddness of Sylvain Chomet, and get ready for a two hour expose of social injustice and environmental maladies.
Ten Student Films That Built Careers
We searched a trove of student shorts by now-established directors which either won noteworthy achievements or awards, foreshadowed their creator’s later work, or were simply exceptional in quality. This list is by no means exhaustive, but rather a sampling of some truly exceptional early work that helped to launch the careers of their creators.
Songs Signifying Spring
“If we’re gonna die young, then we are gonna die with a love song in our mouths”, Laura Gibson sings on a fresh new track, “Two Kids”. She seems newly revived here, and that’s the type of feeling this type of playlist needs.
Frankie Cosmos’ “Family With A Dog”
Though Frankie Cosmos’ latest offering, “Next Thing”, came out only days ago, we decided to take a look back at one of Greta Kline’s earlier tunes, “Family With A Dog”.
Criterion Critique: The Darjeeling Limited
I attended a screening for the polarizing director’s 2004 film, “The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou”, and remember the acerbic and quippy crowd (at least 60% of them went on to become Buzzfeed writers, no doubt). Beanies, complete with the Zissou team logo, were handed out to everyone in line.
Interview w/ Hexa
The sepia-toned distortion behind Hexa’s electronic phantasmagoria is something both comforting and disquieting. Carrie Gillespie Feller’s voice conjures a brume of perforated memories. The hushed echoes, disembodied vocals, and reveries of reverb create a strange and pastoral landscape.
Interview w/ Richard Lawson
Objectively speaking, Richard Lawson is the best person on Twitter – observe my empirically correct cold open to this interview. My fondness of the aforementioned Vanity Fair columnist’s work is shared by many: Billy Eichner, Laura Dern, and Zoe Kazan – Zoe Kazan, I said – all follow Richard on social media.
Marguerite
Marguerite is a spinning top that whirls, without self-propulsion, until she runs out of fingers to twirl her. The madness of encouragement in the face of defeat.
11 of the Most Overrated Movies
Here’s a list of over-rated films that arrived with huge expectations, had great word-of-mouth or amazing reviews. For whatever reason, after seeing them I was more disappointed than I would have been if I heard nothing at all.
