Readings

What does artistic freedom mean for a filmmaker today?

Mary Alice dedicated her career to portraying Black women with depth and nuance. Why were there so few parts in which she could shine?

after Phoebe Bridgers.

Listening to the American Southwest.

Searching for a new literary realism in the Anthropocene.  

Thoughts on Beyoncé and her masterful Renaissance tour.

Tomas Hachard (author of City in Flames) and Suzannah Showler (author of Quality Time) on cities as places of invention, real feelings under unreal conditions, and how to reconceptualize adulthood. 

Two paths for the independent film.

Working night shifts was exhausting, but it showed me a side of humanity and community I haven’t experienced since.