Capitalism’s Moral Rot in Three New York-Centered Films
Capitalism’s moral rot is tracked in three NYC films: from heroin dealers who risk arrest to insider traders who risk indictment to men in masks who risk nothing at all.
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Before Ru Paul and Trixie Mattel There Was the Ball Circuit: ‘Paris Is Burning’
Told through the voices and movements of the legends and pioneers of the '80s Harlem drag-ball scene, Paris Is Burning is an indispensable look at one of America's most influential subcultures of the last half-century.
Huddled Masses and New Media: ‘How the Other Half Looks’
How America's ur-ghetto, New York's Lower East Side, changed the way we see ourselves.
Nafkote Tamirat’s ‘The Parking Lot Attendant’ Is a Triumphant Debut
It's fairly astounding just how gracefully a very small, very personal story can turn into something much bigger, as Tamirat has done here.
The Grid Beneath the Grid in Joshua Cohen’s ‘Moving Kings’
A visceral, intelligent look at the economy of evictions in New York's outer boroughs.
Stuck in the Middle: Relationship Tangles in ‘Somewhere in the Middle’
This, here, is 90 minutes spent with the kinds of people you take special care to avoid in your workplace, your neighbourhood, or just about anywhere in your everyday life.
Run the Jewels: Run the Jewels 3
Run the Jewels 3 is the sound of one hip-hop's most significant groups channeling their feelings of frustration, alienation, and rage into a radical call to arms.
Lewis Del Mar: Lewis Del Mar
Rockaway Beach, NY folk experimenters Lewis Del Mar release a debut album which, in places, justifies much of the hype surrounding the group but ultimately fails to truly captivate throughout.
Swet Shop Boys: Cashmere
Cashmere is a transatlantic hip-hop album that challenges representation of South Asian people in pop culture.
Making a Sene: The Rise of Brian Marc
Brian Marc, AKA Sene, manages a minimal but heavy discipline of turntablist groove; his dream-washed music appropriates the rhythms of a casual stroll through city streets.
Big Ups: Before a Million Universes
Before a Million Universes might at times sound like Slint, but Big Ups have their own union and calamity to make their bleakness something of their own.
‘Ava’s Possessions’ Is a New Spin on Possession Horror
While underdeveloped in character and story, the originality of Ava's Possessions, as well as its decadent visual aesthetic, go a long way towards making it a unique and interesting take on a stale genre.