Solipsistic Complicity: On The Neon Demon
Philip Dinolfo08.02.16
Nicholas Winding Refn’s latest film, The Neon Demon, is full of would-be provocative images and socially critical themes, but does it actually add up to anything besides hot air? Philip Dinolfo reviews.
These Aren’t Normal Days: The Democratic National Convention
Sarah Rose Etter08.01.16
Seven scenes from the National Democratic Convention in Philadelphia that highlight politicians, protestors, artists, and the Hillary Clinton acceptance speech.
5 Poems from Witch Hunt
Juliet Escoria07.29.16
“When something bad happens in the collective consciousness / you can hear some real pain / but mostly it is obfuscated by the static / of people saying: / ‘I care too.'” Five poems by Juliet Escoria, from summer poetry editor Lucy Tiven.
Ideal Home Noise (8): Jacques Rivette
Jeff Jackson07.28.16
The eighth installment of Jeff Jackson’s Ideal Home Noise column focuses solely on the 16-disc DVD and Blu-ray box set of the work of the French New Wave’s Jacques Rivette, out now from Britain’s Arrow Films
Softly, Whispery, Feathery
Amanda Goldblatt07.27.16
“She wondered if she had not expressed enough visibly polite interest in the book available for free download. She had not!” New fiction by Amanda Goldblatt.
NO WORD IS AS BEAUTIFUL AS NO: An Interview with Allen Mozek
Garett Strickland07.26.16
Garett Strickland caught up with the proprietor of sound-art label Vitrine Records, Allen Mozek, to discuss eschewing academia and the pursuit of obscure sound.
Work
William Lessard07.25.16
“Many 21st century workers know their chief duty is to worship a god whose head was cut off long ago.” William Lessard takes a look at the concept of ‘work’ through the lens of his many careers, among them: mortician, account manager, security guard, writer.
Flint
Molly Brodak07.22.16
“Criminals are dreamers, just like you.” The Flint water crisis is not forgotten in new poetry by Molly Brodak.
A Pornography of Nods: On Gaspar Noe’s Love
Grant Maierhofer07.21.16
In his consideration of Gaspar Noe’s latest film, Love, a “3D erotic romantic drama” featuring fully penetrative sex, Grant Maierhofer grapples with contextualizing a revered artist’s latest work in the light of conceptual disappointment.
A Dad in the Life: Part II
Chuck Young07.20.16
“My dad had a moment last week when he and a dog spent some really peaceful time staring into each other’s eyes through the glass of one of the offices near the bathroom that he likes to put his number twos in and, to tell you the truth, until just now when he saw the dog again with their owner and they had a tearful reunion, he hadn’t really been exactly sure that the dog was real (this being the day after he had gotten a little high and then took a long shower and then brushed his hair for what felt like a good portion of the night while taking a virtual reality style tour using only his mind of every apartment he’s ever lived in and then putting on the most comfortable clothes he owns: boxers with the stretched out waistband, one of his grandfather’s old hanes undershirts, his ex-sister-in-law’s sweatpants, socks my grandmother says are Oprah’s favorite, two-sizes-too-big hoodie left by the guy who painted our house, brunch hat, and mesh running shoes, before going to a 10:30pm showing of a movie on a Sunday night with the best friend that let us live in his basement when he hit the reset button on our life; all of this a series of acts in the subtle art of self-care).” New fiction by Chuck Young.
