Genre Isn’t Dead, It Just Smells Funny: Rethinking Musical Genre for the Streaming Era
Is “genre” really dead, dissolving, or disappearing? Are traditional categories like hip-hop, rock, R&B, folk, soul, and jazz less meaningful than before?
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Will Online Participation Be the Future of the Sundance Film Festival?
Watching Sundance Film Festival 2023 from the cost-saving comfort of my couch got me thinking about the sustainability of in-person attendance.
Jazz Composer Maria Schneider Takes on the “Data Lords” in Song
Grammy-winning jazz composer Maria Schneider released Data Lords partly as a reaction to her outrage that streaming music services are harvesting the data of listeners even as they pay musicians so little that creativity is at risk. She speaks with us about the project.
A Stranger Thing: Shannon Purser on ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’
Shannon Purser discusses her debut role in film, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, catfishing, and the unrealistic expectations imposed on today's youth.
Not (Just) a Laughing Matter: Nuanced Representations of Depression in Three Netflix Sitcoms
One Day at a Time, Bojack Horseman, and Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt each offer insight and understanding into mental illness quite unlike television shows we've seen before.
Strained Sweetness Leads to a Bitter Feeling in ‘No Stranger Than Love’
Obsessing over gross small town stereotypes, facile symbolism, and mawkish philosophical exposition, this is an uneven mess, and misses opportunities.
Cinephilia Culture and the Fear of Missing Out
There just isn't enough time in the human lifespan to see all the films one 'should'. So why not just declare the death of the cinephile?