The Neighbors, the Neighborhood and Those People
Short fiction by Rostum Al-Gawad.
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Ahmed Ragheb
- Mar 22, 2020
Baxter Dury: A Spoken-Word Poet for the 21st Century
Is spoken-word poetry outdated? Ahmed Ragheb argues that it is, and that Baxter Dury is here, perhaps unwittingly, to revive it.
Elliot Jordan
- Mar 18, 2020
Imperial Noir: Reading Joseph Conrad
Elliot Jordan looks back at the dark, disturbing and prescient worlds detailed in the work of Joseph Conrad.
Melanie Greenberg
- Mar 14, 2020
“She won’t stop sending lamb hearts to the post office”
A poem by Melanie Greenberg.
James Campion
- Mar 6, 2020
There Are No Happy Police Songs: A Chronological Stroll Through Radical Duality
Music author James Campion takes a deep dive into the five-album discography of The Police and resurfaces with a single conclusion...
Ahmed Ragheb
- Feb 12, 2020
The Metamorphosis of Devonté Hynes
Change is the sign of a good artist, but total evolution is the sign of a great one. Ahmed Ragheb finds this in Devonté Hynes’ music.
Jake Kendall
- Jan 29, 2020
Vincent van Gogh: Sunflowers and Sanity
Jake Kendall separates fact from fiction in his retrospective of the famed artist.
Lily Ekimian
- Jan 27, 2020
Alexandra Savior’s Kind of Feminism
What does female empowerment sound like? Lily Ekimian argues that it can be heard in the music of Alexandra Savior.
Robert Montero
- Jan 19, 2020
Antonioni: A Filmmaker for Our Time
Antonioni, the prolific hero of Italian cinema, seems to have fallen out of focus in recent times but is he the exact filmmaker we need now?
Ahmed Ragheb
- Jan 17, 2020
The Musical Escapism of Daniel Knox
Should art serve as a form of escapism? Ahmed Ragheb argues that it shouldn’t - but if it has to, it should sound like the music of Knox.
Lily Ekimian
- Jan 15, 2020
An Argument in Favor of Technical Blunders in Film
Lily Ekimian argues that technical blunders are one of her favorite aspects of moviegoing and why Jeanne Dielman is her favorite film.
Raphaël Duhamel
- Dec 25, 2019
Lobsters and Mermaids: Sexual Frustration in The Lighthouse
The limits of sanity and sexual desire are tested in Robert Eggers’ latest feature film.
Katie Darby Mullins
- Dec 20, 2019
A Protest: We Cannot Forget The Clientele’s Strange Geometry
Katie Darby Mullins remembers The Clientele's 2005 album and urges new listeners to experience the music that left an impact on her life.
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