Culture
Charlie Bertsch / 01 Nov 2024
Post-Pandemic Listening Party
Songs of a Lost World, by The Cure
“This doesn’t feel like a Cure show,” I thought, gazing out over the grassy slope of Albuequerque’s Isleta Amphitheater on the evening of 16 May 2023.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 23 Oct 2024
Reactionary Extremism Allegory
The Beast, Directed by Bertrand Bonello
Charlie Bertsch / 16 Oct 2024
Rock Against Postfascism
Anime Sconvolte, by Tenia
Tenia make the personal feel intensely political.(...)
Henrietta Foster / 03 Oct 2024
Three Women and Their Houses
Carrington, Guggenheim and Pryde Nicholson
Buried in Rottingdean, Angela Thirkell wrote a book about the three houses she remembered from childhood.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 02 Oct 2024
Decency is an Endangered Species
Agnieszka Holland’s Green Border
Agnieszka Holland’s latest film, Green Border, depicts the harrowing experiences of refugees who have become pawns in a new Cold War.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 25 Sep 2024
Belarus in Exile
Belaya Polosa, by Molchat Doma
Even if you hadn’t heard that Belarussian band Molchat Doma had relocated to Los Angeles, the sound of their impressive new album Belaya Polosa (White Stripe) would tip you off.(...)
Charlie Bertsch / 18 Sep 2024
Europe on the Brink of War
Alfred Hitchock’s The Lady Vanishes
Alfred Hitchcock’s 1938 film The Lady Vanishes plays havoc with convention.(...)