Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. As a child, British director Stephen Poliakoff would drive around with his father at night, looking into rich...
Last week, you will recall that we saw the exit of Russell Swan due to medical complications. This left tribe Galu with an even number of men and women. It did not take long for the surviving male...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. Early on in “Dear Lemon Lima,” dreamy Vanessa is told by her specky git of a boyfriend, Philip, “You need to...
Thanks to a pair of horrific events in Juárez, Mexico’s addict population has drawn unusual international attention in recent weeks: 17 addicts were murdered on September 17 in a rehab center in...
Like many people, I came to politics—and writing about politics--through music. I discovered punk rock, and it led me to different ways of thinking about the world. Music has always been a way to...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. “Blessed,” adapted from the play “Who’s Afraid Of The Working Class,” should really be titled “Who’s...
David Letterman has been the king of late night for decades. From stupid animal tricks to tossing out canned hams to the audience, he has kept the laughs coming. Part of his charm is his ability to...
I was celebrating with every trans person around the world in November 1999, when I heard the news that New Zealand’s Georgina Beyer became the first open trans person elected to a national...
Mark Farnsworth is currently reviewing selected films from the London Film Festival. The camera is low, prowling and probing through a car park kicked on by the jittery score. A van is jimmied and...
If we’re afraid we’re going to fail at something, then we’ll do anything to procrastinate. I'm convinced that it’s because we simply don’t want to contemplate the idea of failure until we...
