At SXSW24: TIMESTALKER
Writer and director Alice Lowe had an idea – and she was willing to chase that idea through time and space in order…
SXSW Review: Marcel the Shell With Shoes On
Marcel the Shell With Shoes On honestly couldn’t have been a better first film back at SXSW because it truly understands the main…
Lil Nas X Starts a Satanic Panic
Last week was one of the biggest pop culture comebacks for Satan since the ‘Satanic Panic’ of the 1980s. Lil Nas X raised…
What I Learned from Larry Kramer
Larry Kramer died yesterday at the age of 84. He was a writer who straddled the line between artist and activist. His novel,…
Tribeca: “Framing Agnes” Brings Trans Voices of the Past to Life
Framing Agnes is a short film by co-directors Chase Joynt and Kristen Schilt that introduces us to historic spirits of the trans community.…
Ranking Apple’s Original Series
With all their talk about the “transformative power of storytelling” and the gathering of the “world’s best storytellers,” it’s almost like no one…
Highlight of 2018: ‘Angels in America,’ an American Apocalypse
The cultural highlight of this year for me was witnessing live performances of Tony Kushner’s Angels in America, two plays that had high-profile revivals…
The Met Gala Highlighted Religion’s Innate Camp
Tongues wagged and Twitter lit up last week as the annual Met Gala in New York City had celebrities dressing in Catholic couture.…
‘Love Is a Dirty Word’–Giovanni Adams’ One-Person Show
This is a long-overdue review of Giovanni Adams’ one-person show, Love is a Dirty Word, which ran in June of 2017 in Los…