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Sound of Metal: An Addiction Movie Without Drugs

By Lane Michael Stanley | May 27, 2021

By Lane Michael Stanley | May 27, 2021

Sound of Metal: An Addiction Movie Without Drugs

Writer-director Lane Michael Stanley on how the recent Oscar winning film portrays addiction and recovery in an unusual – and very necessary – way.

How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Helped Me Embrace My Transmasculinity

By Lane Michael Stanley | April 19, 2021

By Lane Michael Stanley | April 19, 2021

How One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Helped Me Embrace My Transmasculinity

Lane Michael Stanley, writer-director of Addict Named Hal, on how Ken Kesey’s book and its iconic film adaptation changed how they see gender.