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    Bill Badi Amplifies the Beauty in Everyday Life in Their Film: Tiny Apocalypse

    Bill Badi is a director based in South Africa. I recently had the privilege of interviewing them about their upcoming short film Tiny Apocalpyse. We discussed their process, the beauty in mundanity, and everyday dilemmas that feel apocalyptic.

    March 31, 2022February 14, 2023 by Iggy Oddity

    Michael Sarnoski’s Pig Takes a Look at the Symbiotic Nature Between Ourselves and Nature

    Borrowing from equal parts The Revenant, First Reformed, and Taken, 2021’s PIG offers a subversive portrait of an acclaimed chef who chooses to abandon it all to live in the wild with… Read more “Michael Sarnoski’s Pig Takes a Look at the Symbiotic Nature Between Ourselves and Nature”

    December 18, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    Hulu’s Dopesick is a disturbing look into Big Pharma’s seduction of the U.S. zeitgeist

    CW: Addiction, drug use It had been whispered about years prior to Sarah O’Connor’s 2018 article for The Financial Times regarding her article, “Left behind: can anyone save the… Read more “Hulu’s Dopesick is a disturbing look into Big Pharma’s seduction of the U.S. zeitgeist”

    October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    It’s expensive to be poor: Netflix’s limited series MAID offers a stark portrait of poverty in America

    According to an October 12th, 2021 Reuter’s article, the IMF (International Monetary Fund) trimmed its global growth forecast from 6.0% to 5.9%, with a 2022 forecast of… Read more “It’s expensive to be poor: Netflix’s limited series MAID offers a stark portrait of poverty in America”

    October 15, 2021October 15, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    Odette’s Inferno, A Poem Reimagining Henri Georges Clouzot’s Hell

    I am to desire a sea of violets, reckoning, vibrancy disrupted and lit on fire.

    September 27, 2021September 27, 2021 by Iggy Oddity

    Bus Stop Proved to Be Marilyn’s Respite from the Overbearing Studio System

    023:23 minutes/seconds into Bus Stop, the essence of the film reveals itself to you. If you’re a fan of Marilyn Monroe’s earlier work (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The… Read more “Bus Stop Proved to Be Marilyn’s Respite from the Overbearing Studio System”

    June 2, 2021June 2, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    Los Angeles’ Child: Marilyn’s History with the City of Angels

    “Somewhere between Westward Expansion and before the boom of the talking motion picture, Norma Jeane Mortenson was born.”

    June 1, 2021June 2, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    Announcing: The Marilyn Monroe Issue

    In celebration of her birthday week, we are commemorating the life and work of Marilyn Monroe in our first issue. Considered bombshell, comedienne, intellectual, and larger-than-life, Monroe… Read more “Announcing: The Marilyn Monroe Issue”

    May 31, 2021 by Cinema in Paradise

    Robert Mulligan’s 1963 film, Love with the Proper Stranger, still emits a bold and timeless prescience

    Love with the Proper Stranger is a film that doesn’t receive enough recognition. Released in 1963, it stars Natalie Wood as Angie Rossini, a Macy’s salesgirl, and… Read more “Robert Mulligan’s 1963 film, Love with the Proper Stranger, still emits a bold and timeless prescience”

    May 30, 2021May 30, 2021 by Abby Sheaffer

    In the Mood for Love: Interiors

    I. The building crowned by tangerine light, warmth like the sun juiced out. A brushing shoulder, a moment shared between staying and going. II. Our hands at… Read more “In the Mood for Love: Interiors”

    May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 by Iggy Oddity

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