Moonlight
October 20, 2016 4:29 am Leave your thoughtsA timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, Moonlight chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as ... More
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Author Archives for Jan-Willem Dikkers
Blood Bitch
October 20, 2016 4:26 am Leave your thoughtsNorwegian artist and writer Jenny Hval, known for her fascinating voice, singular delivery and markedly non-traditional arrangements which incorporate elements of poetry, ... More
Weyes Blood
October 19, 2016 3:33 pm Leave your thoughtsNatalie Mering, the being behind Weyes Blood, embeds her song in a harmonic gauze of arpeggiated piano, acoustic guitar, druggy horns, and ... More
Bre-Z
October 19, 2016 2:56 pm Leave your thoughtsNewcomer Bre-Z is currently starring on Fox’s hit series Empire, as young rapper Freda Gatz. With credits from the Empire soundtrack already ... More
Yvonne Orji
October 8, 2016 5:27 am Leave your thoughtsNigerian actor Yvonne Orji plays Molly on HBO’s series Insecure, and is the creator of the FirstGen Show, a sitcom which brings ... More
Certain Women
October 7, 2016 4:28 am Leave your thoughtsAdapted from Maile Meloy’s short-story collection Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It, Certain Women is a meditation on three ... More
Say Yes! A Tribute to Elliott Smith
October 7, 2016 3:42 am Leave your thoughtsElliott Smith’s tragically brief life has held an outsized musical and cultural influence. For evidence, one only needs to visit the mural ... More
Emilie Regnier
October 5, 2016 4:07 am Leave your thoughtsPhotographer Emilie Regnier spent most of her childhood in West and Central Africa, and situates her photo series Hair in her then ... More
Vince Staples
October 4, 2016 5:10 am Leave your thoughtsLong Beach native and rapper Vince Staples opens his newest EP, Prima Donna, by singing “This Little Light of Mine” with such ... More
The Birth of a Nation
October 4, 2016 4:07 am Leave your thoughtsNate Parker’s The Birth of a Nation is an unapologetic retelling of Nat Turner’s slave uprising in Virginia in 1831. The film ... More