A disembodied eyeball stares at us from the center of a massive spiderweb. The web’s threads emanate from its lids like extreme lashes, shuddering with energy ...
There’s something poetic about water celery. Grown abundantly in Asia, the herby vegetable is sometimes referred to as water dropwort, or—in Korea—minari. ...
Fern has survived many extinctions: the ghost town she once called home, any sense of normalcy before 2008’s economic collapse, her means of livelihood, her ho...
1927.
Two men run through the forest in the thick of night. Eerie shards of light sift down from the stars and onto the figures, breathless, apparently runn...
Rue Bennett (Zendaya) dawns her dad’s red sweater as she departs from a romantic fantasy with Jules (Hunter Shafer) to a close-to-empty diner to meet with Ali, her sponsor, on Christmas Eve. In the aftermath of an argument with Jules, she seeks comfort in Ali in part one of the series’ special episode, “Trouble Don’t Last Always.” As the episode progresses, we follow her journey to understand why she is there in the first place....
*This piece has been nominated for Best Commentary/Critique, single entry at the 2021 LA Press Club Awards!*
When I was young (perhaps a little too young), ...
A pensive dichotomy hangs over David Lowery’s A Ghost Story, much like the heavy white bed sheet covering its protagonist. In a year drenched with passivity, r...
In a pandemic, Friends can take the place of our actual friends. Gossip Girl can take the place of actual gossip with your actual girlfriends. The Office can t...
