Can metal be for everyone?
Heavy metal has long been a shelter for outsiders, yet in Europe foremost, the genre has had serious problems with the marginalisation of women and cultural isolationism. But to paraphrase The...
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Easter is coming: Are you ready for Jesus Christ, Superstar?
It's springtime and you know what that means... Bible movie epics! I love the Old Hollywood epic film in general. Bloated production schedules, enough money sunk into costumes and set pieces to...
Michele Lent Hirsch’s Invisible is a Must Read For Those With—and Without—Chronic Illness
For the past week and a half or so, I have been dealing with a shoulder/back injury that has cut my productivity down to the nub. I don’t know how I injured myself, so I suspect that this muscle...
Phantom Thread is dreamy, atmospheric, and elusive
Fashion designer Reynolds Woodcock glides through his fairy tale life like a pair of his cloth paper scissors; deceptively serene yet sharp and quick to cut to the bone should his wit or peculiar...
A celebration of blaxploitation classics
For this Black History Month, allow me to entice you away from repeated marathons of Roots, Queenie, and Get Out into the lurid world of blaxploitation. Growing up in a very pro-black household...
Notes from a TV premiere, and Nashville’s future
Flip or Flop: Nashville premiered on HGTV on January 18. I would know, I was there. Rather, I was invited to a swanky premier party for it. In a Mercedes-Benz parking lot. The appetizers included hot...
Appreciating the Folk Harmonies of First Aid Kit’s Ruins
A confession, to start off my first music review of the year: I was resistant to folk music—even just listening to it, as a means of expanding my musical horizons, for a long time. I used to be...
Grace and Frankie falls frustratingly short on bi and pan representation
I was excited about Netflix’s Grace and Frankie from the moment I heard about it in late 2014. If you haven’t watched the show, it is a dramedy featuring Martin Sheen and Sam Waterston...
Everything old is new again: The return of the Western
So, Westerns are seen as rather cheesy these days, right? Just something your dad made you watch on sick days or Saturday afternoon on local cable? Well, as it turns out we may have all been sleeping...
2017: The Year of “Almost” for AAPI Film and Television Representation
Full disclosure: I didn’t see A Christmas Story Live! It’s never been one of my favorite holiday movies (I know…sacrilege!), and even though I saw all the hype around performing it live with a...