Las AcaciasBy C.J. Prince Las Acacias, which won the award for best first feature at Cannes in 2011, shows how powerful simplicity can be in a film. Director Pablo Giorgelli takes what sounds...
PariahBy Dustin Jansick Better than your average coming of age story is Pariah, about a teenager who finds it difficult to be herself when her parents will not accept that she is...
KidnappedBy Blake Ginithan Very rarely does a film start with so much promise and then go on to waste it all with just a few misguided steps. The new Spanish thriller from...
Your Sister’s SisterBy Dustin Jansick Having liked Lynn Shelton’s previous feature, Humpday, I was anxious to see if she could duplicate her efforts in Your Sister’s Sister. I will tell you right now, she...
Morosity – MisanthropeBy Megan Jung If the name doesn’t give the listener enough indication on the type of music they will be listening to, let me offer a few other words to help better...
The GreyBy Blake Ginithan Joe Carnahan’s The Grey is an exhausting film. I mean that in a good way. This film involves characters going from one dire scene to another for 2 hours....
Fencewalker – Mourning the WhaleBy Megan Jung Folk music without the stereotypical vocal twang is what Fencewalker brings to the plate with her EP Mourning the Whale. Her vocals may lack the overall classic folk twang...
PolisseBy C.J. Prince Polisse, which won the Jury Prize at Cannes last year, is a very hectic film. Subplots come and go at an alarmingly fast rate, the main cast comprises of...
Lana Del Rey – Born to Die (Deluxe)By Megan Jung Sexy, provocative, and soulful the pipes on Lana Del Rey will feel like a blast from the past with a modern twist. Del Rey’s music is heavily influenced from...
Nobody Else But YouBy Dustin Jansick Nobody Else But You is a light neo-noir French thriller about a celebrity model that hides behind her famous figure in public while her personal life is crumbing around...
RaptBy C.J. Prince Rapt is, if anything, a timely film. It’s been over three years since it was released in France (it came out in theatres stateside last year) but it feels...
UrbanizedBy Dustin Jansick Urbanized is the third and final documentary installment of the design trilogy by Gary Hustwit. First, Hustwit focused on how one typeface that is everywhere is often overlooked in...
HickBy Dustin Jansick Premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2011 was Hick, a film directed by Derick Martini about a teenager who aimlessly drifts away from her Nebraska home. Aimlessly...
Trampled by Turtles – Stars and SatellitesBy Patrick Gross Stars and Satellites is the sixth album from the Duluth based bluegrass band Trampled by Turtles. The band has spent years fusing bluegrass with elements of country, folk, and...
