Culture

I Hope the Mets Lose Because I'm Queer

The Mets are a long-running dramatic play that has little to do with winning baseball and everything to do with embodying pain. If they win, they'll experience something their fans rarely do: victory.

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Never Sneeze in Front of a Falcon: Three Poems

Three poems found in the real-life remarks of Don Cherry, Charles Oakley, and Ronda Rousey.

Seizing the Single Take

While Hollywood increasingly caters to our shrinking attention spans, Victoria, a new German film shot in real time, roots its viewers in the present. 

An Apology/Explanation Re: Recent Tweets That Have Come to Light

I'm sorry you were offended, and in my time of growth, I hope you will graciously allow me to move on with my life.

Of Hegemonic Hoverboards and the Power of Power-Laces: Living in Back to the Future II's 2015

This month, time catches up to Marty McFly. But instead of worrying about the projections in the film that have come true, we complain about the electronic devices we can't buy.

Elliott Smith is Sad, Like You

The singer, who died on October 21, 2003, always maintained that he loved making his music, even as his music usually claimed that he didn't love much at all.

'If the Camera Moves it’s Got To Be for a Reason': An Interview with Roger Deakins

One of our greatest living cinematographers on his latest project, Sicario.  

Playing the Book, Reading the Game

As video games increasingly adopt the language and pacing of literature—intricate plots, morally ambiguous characters, endlessly expansive worlds—what effect are they in turn having on books?