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Celebrating Female Desire on Screen

The writer-director-star of The Poet and the Professor on the personal and cinematic experiences that informed her taboo-busting film.

March 5, 2019

Bruce LaBruce’s Academy of the Underrated: Looking for Mr. Goodbar

LaBruce writes a love letter to the film, featuring a dark, defining performance by Diane Keaton, which prompted his teenage sexual awakening.

July 19, 2016

Across the Aisle: The Fosters Shows America As It Actually Is (Not As We Want It To Be)

Hidden away on Freeform (formerly ABC Family), one of the best political shows on TV right now isn’t even (overtly) about politics.

June 6, 2016

Was Ariana Grande’s Feminist Twitter Manifesto More Dangerous Than Her Album?

Nite Jewel’s Ramona Gonzalez delves into Grande’s Dangerous Woman.

May 27, 2016

Megan Griffiths (Lucky Them) Talks Marielle Heller’s The Diary of a Teenage Girl

A period coming-of-age dramedy, Heller's debut feature is a portrait of adolescence femininity that embraces complexity.

January 12, 2016

Nico Muhly Talks Madonna’s Rebel Heart

A lifelong Madonna fan contemplates her new album, the role she had in his life and the role she’s had in everything.

December 29, 2015

Shannon Plumb (Towheads) Talks Deniz Gamze Ergüven’s Mustang

When and why did we start treating children like adults? And when did men get so scared of women?

November 19, 2015

Zach Clark (White Reindeer) Talks Xavier Dolan’s Tom at the Farm

A Dolan hater does a 180 on the French-Canadian wunderkind after seeing his audacious psychosexual thriller.

August 19, 2015

Jana Hunter (Lower Dens) Talks with Mike Hadreas (Perfume Genius) for The Talkhouse Music Podcast

Two of indie music's finest artists — and most outspoken thinkers — get together for laughs and some very candid exchanges.

Jenny Hval Talks Björk’s Vulnicura

What makes Björk’s new album Vulnicura so devastating? The combination of the private and the ordinary.

July 8, 2015

Bruce LaBruce (Gerontophilia) Talks Jason Banker’s Felt

Can a film about young woman's violent and self-destructive acting out against the patriarchy make the best of its difficult material?

June 30, 2015

Onur Tukel (Summer of Blood) Talks David Wnendt’s Wetlands

One of the most shocking and controversial movies of the year inspires not an enraged critical attack — but a cartoon.

December 28, 2014