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Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright”

By Meredith Graves | July 22, 2015

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Kendrick Lamar’s “Alright”

This is no typical song of the summer. Celebrating resistance and community in the face of dehumanizing violence, it sends exactly the right message.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Film

By Terence Nance | June 17, 2015

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Alfonso Gomez-Rejon’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

In which the author fulfills his responsibility to respond to the film by combining well-reasoned observations with an extended ice cream metaphor.

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Manos Sucias

Film

By Yung Chang | April 3, 2015

Yung Chang (Up the Yangtze) Talks Josef Kubota Wladyka’s Manos Sucias

A Spike Lee protégé makes an impression with his debut feature, an intense moral thriller that puts a human face on South American drug trafficking.

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and the Reclaiming of Meaning

Music

By Meredith Graves | March 21, 2015

Meredith Graves (Perfect Pussy) Talks Wu-Tang Clan’s Once Upon a Time in Shaolin and the Reclaiming of Meaning

Wu-Tang’s mysterious new album will not be heard by virtually anyone for 88 years. So what does it have to do with the Eiffel Tower?

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood

Film

By Barry Jenkins | January 30, 2015

Barry Jenkins (Medicine for Melancholy) Talks Céline Sciamma’s Girlhood

If there’s a teenage girl in your life, you would be wise to show her this film.

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Serge Bozon’s Tip Top

Film

By Randy Russell | December 9, 2014

Actor/Screenwriter Randy Russell Talks Serge Bozon’s Tip Top

The French actor-turned-director's latest fuses the police procedural with an off-kilter sex comedy in a surprising (and oddly life-affirming) way.

Regan Farquhar (Busdriver) Talks Mick Jenkins’ The Water[s]

Music

By Regan Farquhar | September 26, 2014

Regan Farquhar (Busdriver) Talks Mick Jenkins’ The Water[s]

On his new mixtape, Mick Jenkins displays a vulnerability and an urgency that put him in a class of his own.

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Tim Sutton’s Memphis

Film

By Terence Nance | September 10, 2014

Terence Nance (An Oversimplification of Her Beauty) Talks Tim Sutton’s Memphis

This elegiac portrait of the Southern city excels by being quietly, unobtrusively observational rather than wanting to be part of the action.

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Big Freedia’s Just Be Free

Music

By Norman Brannon | July 1, 2014

Norman Brannon (Texas Is the Reason) Talks Big Freedia’s Just Be Free

There's this Mannie Fresh interview on YouTube that I've probably watched a million times. Or at least as many times as you need to watch something...

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

Music

By Ashok Kondabolu | June 26, 2013

Ashok Kondabolu (Das Racist) Talks Quasimoto’s Yessir Whatever

I once saw a briefly-posted video on the Stones Throw label's website of a lecture Otis Jackson, Jr., aka hyper-prolific producer/rapper/musician...