I’d told myself that it would be different, moving to New York. For so long, its idealized specter was my saving grace – in theory, of course – as I…
Unlike the wildly popular post-apocalyptic film genre, whose tales take place after the end of the world, Michael Mann’s 2004 film Collateral paints us a surreal portrait of Los…
As a filmmaker, journalist, and film programmer, I attend festivals all the time. Sometimes one of my films is playing; sometimes I’m there to review films. The most recent festival…
“Vengeance is her only reason for living…” An asura, in Buddhist mythology, is described as a vengeful demigod that can never know true happiness – their desires and longings…
How does the land we stand on define us? Does a place’s history and inheritance have bearing on its presence? Are some patterns that play out through time beyond our…
Back in 2011, Jordan Rennert and Patrick Meaney pitched the idea of making a documentary on the writer Neil Gaiman. Their production company Respect Films had done documentaries on cult…
Imagine you have a child who is running, playing, talking, and sleeping normally until he’s cut down in his tracks. His motor skills suddenly deteriorate. He no longer sleeps nights.…
That may not be “smart” in the normal sense of the word, but I don’t really care. Kiddiepunk is almost like a big art project to me, and I’ve never used my art as a money-making source. It keeps things pure that way because I just do what I want and I only publish things that I love. There’s no pressure on any particular release to “succeed” on a financial level. It’s a punk mentality that is just kind of ingrained in my head. But it’s great these days because you can do these things relatively affordably and sell them directly to the people who are interested. You don’t need distribution, ISBNs, any of that stuff. You just need to put your energy into making something great. In the not-so-distant past, before the internet, before high quality digital printing, you really couldn’t do what I do now, so it’s cool.
Orson Welles’s 1941 film Citizen Kane is filled with fragments. Even in the very first sequence, the audience witnesses the titular character dying completely alone, separated from society; after his final word,…
There are only a few Indian films that are not laced with lavish dance sequences, clichéd romance and action elements, cheesy dialogues and yet are so enthralling with the simple,…
A Streetcar Named Whatever Tatiana Ryckman The thing is, all I know about A Streetcar Named Desire is that there is a character named Stella, and I know this…
I recently saw Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Twice. (Don’t judge my ways.) The first time was at The Grand Lake Theater in Oakland, California with my group of friends.…
By Jonty Tiplady Bowie, Rickman, Rivette. ‘We’re losing them all’, Masha Tupitsyn emails me, in one of those quick messages that accumulate like lightning dabs when someone disappears, when you are…
In a recent conversation with friends concerning the best-selling albums of all time, something struck me as a bit odd. Beyond the Dark Sides and Thrillers of suburban ineptitude sat…