Interview with William Goldenberg Sports dramas are foundational feel-good entertainment, many narratives centering around real-life events. Usually revolving around an underestimated athlete, true wholesome catharsis emerges as audiences finally see the protagonist succeed, conveying vicariously that we may too find fortune in the unpredictability of life. Even with the allure of a heartfelt story and […]
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Producer Marcia Robiou Addresses The Importance of Voting in VOCES: Latino Vote 2024
Interview with Producer Marcia Robiou This year’s election season has been unprecedently staggering for a multitude of reasons. With a candidate dropping out of the race, two assassination attempts, and an overall heightening sense of urgency to vote have culminated in an array of issues for voters to consider. An especially pertinent factor in this […]
Multi-influential EDM Artist HC Shakes up The Scene With “MA NI”
Interview with HC Hemachandra Vedala or HC as the expansive EDM world knows them, is introducing their explosive music style beyond their home country of India. Conjoining the intricacies of traditional attributes of Indian rhythms with a riveting techno-rave pulse, their new single “MA NI” explores a message most pertinent to the musician’s ideology. The […]
Joker: Folie à Deux Suffers From a Less Than Receptive Audience Rather Than Actual Faulty Filmmaking
Review of Joker: Folie à Deux Since being printed on the pages of the first Batman issue in April 1940, The Joker has earned a reputation of being one of the most complex comic book villains ever conceived. A devilish depiction of a crazed clown hellbent on spreading chaos throughout the infamous Gotham City, the […]
Jennifer Silva Brings Us Through a Spiritual Awakening with Runaway
Interview with Jennifer Silva Brandishing elegant bohemian patterns and naturalistic iconography, indie rock singer/songwriter Jennifer Silva makes a lasting impression. An artist who wears the tapestry of her life on her sleeve, her music dissects the various facets of her creativity. Silva’s new album Runaway which released to all major streaming platforms on September 27, […]
Singer/Songwriter Jodi Heights Embraces The Majestic Nature of Night Time in “Full Moon Rise”
Interview with Jodi Heights Coursing through the varied complexities of the night, Jodi Heights’s upcoming album Nocturne expresses a deep longing and appreciation for the dark. The 5 tracks traverse disparate feelings of isolation and acceptance, separated by Heights’s latest release “Full Moon Rise” appearing in the middle of the album. Heights describes “Full Moon […]
Exclusive From The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival: The Whitest Kids U’ Know Discuss Their Zany New Animated Comedy Mars
Interview With Sam Brown, Darren Trumeter, and Timmy Williams of The Whitest Kids U’ Know A pinnacle of early 2000s comedy, The Whitest Kids U’ Know, comprised of Timmy Williams, Sam Brown, Darren Trumeter, Zach Cregger and the late Trevor Moore, weren’t sure if their new animated film Mars would resonate with more distinguished Tribeca […]
Exclusive from The 2024 Tribeca Film Festival: Director Elina Street Illuminates a Poignant Queer Story with “My Best Friend”
Interview with Filmmaker Elina Street Even before co-directing the Emmy-award-winning docuseries “The Lesbian Bar Project” Elina Street held a fervent desire to showcase queer stories. As a queer woman herself, growing up consuming the underground queer media that existed at the time, Street realizes the intense communal impact of representation in film and television. For […]
Rehya Stevens Invigorates Listeners with Her New Dance Anthem “Let’s Have Some Fun”
Review of Rehya Stevens’s “Let’s Have Some Fun“ Singer-songwriter Rehya Stevens has been relentlessly energizing the pop scene since the early 2010’s with her electrifying tracks dedicated to liberation, love, and living in the moment. The latest addition to her discography “Let’s Have Some Fun,” captures the bliss of relinquishing your worries to […]
Jeff Fein Reflects on Our Technological Co-dependence in “In Front of a Screen”
Interview with Jeff Fein Witnessing the accelerating rate at which our society is changing due to the ubiquitous implementation of technology is certainly fascinating and alarming. Humans routinely spend almost seven hours a day online according to the recent Global Overview Report from DataReportal. That’s more than three times the National Heart Lung and Blood […]
Tribeca Film Festival 2024: Elexis Ray Goodwin Details The Power of Following Your True Passions in “Smile, God Loves You”
Interview with Elexis Ray Goodwin A film festival debut for any aspiring filmmaker would bring about incredible elation but the premiere of “Smile, God Loves You” is especially heartwarming for writer/director Elexis Ray Goodwin. Coming from an extremely personal place, the short film, featured in the Unbought & Unbossed block of films, chronicles the life […]
The Tribeca Film Festival 2024: They’re Here Bridges a Desire For Transcendence and The Extraterrestrial
Interview with Pacho Velez and Daniel Claridge The UFO and extraterrestrial being represent more than a conglomerate of fear and speculation, that usually results in an image of a circular metallic ship and a green specimen with abyss-black eyes. There is almost a universal longing to definitively confront something larger than us, occupying the very […]