Raphaël DuhamelMar 15Unhuman Habitats: The Works and Worlds of Franz KafkaThere are few writers who are as infamously cruel to their characters as Franz Kafka.
Sasho PshenkoMar 1The Donkey, the Horse, and the Human Condition: Nihilism in Au Hasard Balthazar and The Turin HorseTwo bleak and philosophical films centering around mysterious animals provide us with a prism through which to view our own human world.
Carolina AlamillaFeb 17Exploring "Among Women: Contemporary Art from Serbia"Carolina Alamilla attends the exhibition and finds in its works an examination of space, gender, body, and time.
Sasho PshenkoJan 24Trapped Inside the Castle: Finding Kafka and Nausea in SpencerSasho Pshenko explores Spencer and how its depiction of Princess Diana bears a striking resemblance to the Kafkaesque world.
Ben GibbonsJan 18The Collaborative Spirit of INEZBen Gibbons sits down with INEZ to discuss her art, the city, and everything in between.
Joe MrukJan 10House Music Joe Mruk invites you into a house built of an everlasting love for music and its power to heal, inspire, and move the soul. Step inside.
Rowan GladishDec 3, 2021"The Me Who Doesn’t Exist""How odd it is / that we don't bury / the people we used to be." A poem by Rowan Gladish.
Elliot JordanDec 3, 2021A Very Modern Monster: On Hannibal Lecter Elliot Jordan revisits the Hannibal Lecter series and argues for it as not only great literature but the ultimate modern fairytale.
Sasho PshenkoNov 11, 2021Lamb and the Double-Edged Sword of Ambitious Filmmaking Valdimar Jóhannsson’s debut thriller Lamb (2021) has been hailed by critics for its bleak cinematography and strange, dreadful suspense.
Carolina AlamillaNov 2, 2021Artist Duo BUFF’s Collaborative SurfaceCarolina Alamilla explores how BUFF’s mixed-media collaboration adds to—as well as emphasizes—the beauty of blemished city surfaces.
Lily EkimianOct 27, 2021A Room with a View: The Unconventional Art Gallery of Third Floor WindowLily Ekimian speaks with Carolina Alamilla, the curator behind Third Floor Window, about how she utilizes her apartment window to share art.
Sasho PshenkoOct 21, 2021The Eternal Potency of The Master and Margarita’s Passive ResistanceSasho Pshenko revisits The Master and Margarita and finds in it a guide, of sorts, to an unexpected form of resistance: passivity.
Kelsey SwintekOct 13, 2021Finding Harmony in the Dichotomies of Lorde’s Solar Power Kesley Swintek lays flat the opposing poles that Lorde balances in herself and her music.
Sasho PshenkoOct 11, 2021The Girl, the Home, the Night, and Ana Lily Amirpour’s Glorious Cinematic VampirismAna Lily Amirpour’s A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is a revelry of cinematic styles and innovation.
Ben GibbonsOct 7, 2021The Confounding and Eclectic Andrew MuseMusician Andrew Muse is something of an enigma, with a style and repertoire both difficult to define and difficult to find, respectively.
Lyde LongakerOct 6, 2021“Green Blades”"Words spring up / Like neon spikes / From fallow fields / Of endless rows that / Speak unheard." A poem by Lyde Longaker.
Bekah BlackOct 6, 2021"22""I’m gathering days— Paper slowly turning autumnal." A poem by Bekah Black.
Lyde LongakerOct 6, 2021“Mote”I was, / when I knew / I was a mote, / an aimless speck swirling, / between shadows / made by slatted blinds." A poem by Lyde Longaker.