“Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.” — Anaïs Nin A few weeks ago, my wife and... Read More
My father cries at parades. Especially at the small town variety in which scouts march behind banners made of top... Read More
Robert Altman's Nashville is a musical as well as a disaster movie. Read More
Look: Moulin Rouge! is a bad movie. Listen: Moulin Rouge! has an amazing soundtrack. Look: Moulin Rouge! is a melodramatic, campy love story about an English... Read More
Every Christmas Eve, my family gathers at my aunt’s house. As is customary in Portugal, we eat bacalhau, or codfish,... Read More
When I was about nine years old, my grandparents came to watch my siblings and I for a long weekend... Read More
“The best show in town was the crowd outside the Casa Rosada crying ‘Eva Peron!’” Film rhythm is something one... Read More
illustration by Brianna Ashby The first time I ever watched any part of Velvet Goldmine, which by that time was... Read More
David Lynch uses diegetic music in unsettling, absurd ways, amplifying horror by usurping it. Read More
Biopics annoy me, especially ones about musicians. Even those that are largely lauded, like Control (2007), tend to cover too much... Read More
Side A If you saw James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy last year—and, judging by the numbers, you probably did—what do... Read More
(We Are the Best, d. Lukas Moodysson, 2013) We are punks! I am punk rock! I am mad at you about how... Read More