10/4/15 review of an art talk at Helikon Gallery

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2015 art talk between Naomi Scheck and Peter Yumi at Helikon Gallery in Denver, Colorado.

This talk was in conjunction with Scheck and Yumi's show Stratum, which I've reviewed in a previous post. The talk discussed the artists' different styles, how the artists became friends, how the artists were developing new techniques, and some other Helikon events. I also discuss the Nobuyoshi Araki book Tokyo Lucky Hole, which I bought from Helikon.

Here is the link to Helikon's page about their 2015 show Stratum.

9/30/15 review of film Coming Home, dir. by Zhang Yimou

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Coming Home, directed by Zhang Yimou.

In the film Coming Home, a Chinese family is shattered by the Chinese Cultural Revolution and tries for years afterward to reunite. In my Twitter thread, I compare Coming Home to Zhang's film Ju Dou. I also cultural amnesia, the personal and the political, and ideas about aging, as applied to the film. I also discuss the performances of Gong Li, Zhang Huiwen, and Chen Daoming.

Here is the trailer for Coming Home.

I saw this film at the Landmark Theatre Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, Colorado.

9/30/15 review of films -- Llevate mis amores, Climas, and Landfillharmonic

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of three films: Llevate mis amores, directed by Arturo González Villaseñor; Climas, directed by Enrica Pérez; and Landfillharmonic, directed by Graham Townsley and Brad Allgood.

Llevate mis amores is about Las Patronas, a group of Mexican women who make meals for train-riding immigrants. Here is the trailer.

Climas tells the stories of three different women, of three different ages, in three different classes, in Peru. Here is the trailer.

Landfillharmonic follows Favio Chavez and his students, who play in the Orquesta Recicla, whose instruments are made from recycled landfill items. Here is the trailer.

I saw all of these films at the Denver Film Society's CineLatino film festival.

9/26/15 review of film Ciencias Naturales, dir. by Matias Lucchesi

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Ciencias Naturales, directed by Matias Lucchesi.

This thread also includes more of a review on the animated film Extraordinary Tales, which I also mentioned in my previous blog post.

Ciencias Naturales is an Argentinian film about a young girl who leaves a boarding school to meet her estranged father. I compare this to some other "children searching" films that I also love. I discuss some of the emotions I love in the story, as well as some of the characters and relationships I love. I also discuss the music of Benito Malacalza, which makes the movie that much better.

Here is the trailer for Ciencias Naturales.

I saw this film at the Denver Film Society's CineLatino festival.

9/27/15 review of film Extraordinary Tales, dir. by Raul Garcia

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the animated film Extraordinary Tales, directed by Raul Garcia.

I somehow messed up this Twitter review thread. So you can read more of my review here.

Extraordinary Tales animates five different stories by Edgar Allan Poe. My Twitter thread discusses the digital animation style, the emotional "twist points" of the stories, how the animation matches the emotions, and my favorite moment in the film.

Here is the trailer for Extraordinary Tales.

I saw this film at the Denver Film Society's CineLatino festival.

9/26/15 review of MCA Denver Marilyn Minter show Pretty/Dirty

(Image: MCA Denver photo of Marilyn Minter exhibition book.)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Museum of Contemporary Art's 2015 Marilyn Minter solo show, Pretty/Dirty.

Pretty/Dirty was a multimedia show that traced Minter's development as an artist from realist photography, through pop art, then to painting photorealism. My Twitter thread has a lot of photos from the show. Minter's work is glamorous, gloppy, messy, sexy, and hypnotic. The MCA Denver did a great job of presenting it.

Here is the link to the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's website.

Here is the link to Marilyn Minter's website.

9/26/15 review of documentary Rosenwald, dir. by Aviva Kempner

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Rosenwald, directed by Aviva Kempner.

Rosenwald is about Julius Rosenwald, the CEO of Sears-Roebuck who also did a lot to fund African American and Southern education and culture. The documentary discusses Rosenwald's upbringing and how he got into business, as well as things like the Sears catalog. The documentary discusses how he was influenced to do good for the African American community and some of the things he did, including working with Booker T. Washington to build over 5,300 schools.

Here is the trailer for Rosenwald.

I saw this documentary at Landmark Theatres Chez Artiste Theatre in Denver, Colorado.

9/26/15 review of documentary Finding Gaston, dir. by Patricia Perez

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Finding Gaston, directed by Patricia Perez.

Finding Gaston is about the Peruvian chef Gaston Acurio, who, through his cuisine, has become a sort of national poet of Peru. The documentary shows how Acurio uses his cooking for purposes like philanthropy, local food sourcing, biodiversity, and supporting workers and local cultures.

Here is the trailer for Finding Gaston.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society's CineLatino festival, which is definitely worth checking out.

9/24/15 review of group exhibition Stratum at Helikon Gallery

(Image: Helikon Gallery website)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 show Stratum at Helikon Gallery in Denver, Colorado.

Stratum showed the work of Peter Yumi and Naomi Scheck. In my Twitter thread I discuss Yumi's and Scheck's different styles and concepts. I include quite a few photos of Yumi's work. I don't show many photos of Scheck's work -- though I love her work and wish I'd taken more pictures.

Here is the link to the Helikon Gallery web page about the show Stratum.

9/24/15 review of the film Foxfire, dir. by Laurent Cantet

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang, which was directed by by Laurent Cantet.

Foxfire is a 2013 film adaptation of the Joyce Carol Oates book of the same name. I'm very surprised the film isn't more widely known, as it's a spot-on adaptation of the novel. In my Twitter thread, I discuss the film's atmosphere, the youthful appearance of the girls, the characters of the girls, the way Legs' personality shapes and tears apart the girl gang, and a character that seemed to be missing from the movie (I think).

Here is the trailer for Foxfire.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, a great movie theater in Denver, Colorado.

9/22/15 review of History Colorado Center talk with Tanya Lee Stone

(Image: Tanya Lee Stone's website)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 History Colorado Center talk with Tanya Lee Stone about her book The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie: A Doll's History and Her Impact on Us.

Tanya Lee Stone came to the History Colorado Center to discuss her book as a special event related to the exhibit Toys of the '50's, '60's, and '70's, which was at the HCC at that time. Some things Stone discussed in her talk were Ruth Handler's history, the creation of Barbie, Barbie's impact on society, and Stone's own thoughts on her writing -- namely her idea of writing "true stories" as opposed to "nonfiction."

Here is a quick segment Denver 8 TV about the HCC's Toys exhibit.

Here is the link to the History Colorado Center's website.

Here is the link to Tanya Lee Stone's web page for her book The Good, the Bad, and the Barbie.

9/21/15 review of 2015 Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder, Colorado

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the second day of the Jaipur Literature Festival in Boulder, Colorado.

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the first day.

The Jaipur Literature Festival started in Jaipur, India, in 2006. The Jaipur event has since grown to be the largest free literary festival in the world, with about 300,000 visitors each year. The JLF has grown to include other festival locations, in Australia, New York City, London, and Boulder, Colorado. The 2015 event was the first event held in Boulder.

In my Twitter thread I discuss panels that included Kai Bird, Arshia Sattar, Namita Gokhale, and Will Dalrymple. I relate some of the themes discussed at panels, such as the history of the CIA; religion and violence; faith and objectivity; religion, reverence, and rationality; writers' senses of place and belonging; social media; the environment; and censoring the imagination.

Here is a video of a panel from the 2015 JLF Boulder event, so you have a taste of things.

Here is the link to the Jaipur Literature Festival website.

8/30/15 review of the film Turbo Kid, dir. by RKSS

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Turbo Kid.

Honestly, my Twitter thread for this film is almost nonexistent. But I wanted to link it to this blog as a place marker.

Turbo Kid is probably one of the most underrated films of this decade. And it should be a cult classic. In the film, a young man obsessed with a comic book hero meets up with a robot woman and fights against a villain who kills people in order to grind them up and extract drinking water from their bodies. It's retro and gory and ultra-violent and fun.

Here is the trailer for Turbo Kid.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, which is an awesome movie theater in Denver, Colorado.

8/30/15 review of the film Tangerine by Sean Baker

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film Tangerine by Sean Baker.

Tangerine is still one of my favorite films of this decade. It details an afternoon and evening that two trans women spend after one of the women has just been released from prison and learns that her boyfriend is having an affair with another women. If I remember correctly, the film was all shot on a cellphone. My Twitter thread review gives a few quick things I liked about the movie. But it honestly doesn't say enough.

Here is the trailer for the film Tangerine.

8/30/15 review of group exhibition New Fine Line at Metro State's Center for Visual Art

(Image: Gao Qian painting at MSU CVA's New Fine Line show)

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 group show New Fine Line at Metropolitan State University's Center for Visual Art in Denver.

New Fine Line was an exhibit of modern Chinese gongbi painting. From my understanding, gongbi painting is a centuries-old fine-line painting style with a coloring process that layers single colors on top of each other to create a sense of depth. My Twitter thread shows work by Lu Peng, Gao Qian, Zhang Jian, Shang Jingkui, and Chen Zi.

Here is the link to info on 2015's New Fine Line show at MSU's Center for Visual Art in Denver, Colorado.

8/2/15 review of UCCS Galleries of Contemporary Art show Bright Young Things

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 group show Bright Young Things, which took place at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs' GOCA downtown gallery.

(Image: work by Daisy Patton at GOCA show)

UCCS's Downtown Gallery of Contemporary Art is a really surprising and fun art space. My Twitter thread about the show Bright Young Things includes photos of work by Daisy Patton, Megan Gafford, Matthew Harris, and Caitlin Goebel.

Here is the link to the GOCA's info on the show Bright Young Things.

8/2/15 review of Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center show Eloquent Objects

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 show Eloquent Objects at the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center.

The Fine Arts Center's show Eloquent Objects explored how Georgia O'Keefe and her contemporaries used still-life paintings to interprest the Southwestern United States. My Twitter thread includes some photos (taken off the internet, as photos were not allowed in the exhibition) of works by O'Keefe, Joseph Henry Sharpe, and Gustave Baumann. I also took some pics of other works in the museum, such as some crucifixes and a John Singer Sargent painting.

Here is the link to info about the Fine Arts Center's Eloquent Objects exhibition.

8/2/15 review of documentary Amy by Asif Kapadia

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Amy, by Asif Kapadia.

The documentary Amy is about the pop artist Amy Winehouse, who rose to fame and then passed away too soon. My Twitter review discusses the power of love to destroy a person; the economic infrastructure of pop stardom; the huge amount of footage in the documentary; the intimacy of the film; and Winehouse's incredible music.

Here is the trailer for the documentary Amy.

8/2/15 review of films at Denver's CinemaQ festival

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of films I saw at the 2015 CinemaQ festival at the Denver Film Society.

The CinemaQ festival is a festival of films by and about LGBTQ people and issues. In my Twitter thread I discuss the film Tab Hunter Confidential, a documentary about movie star Tab Hunter; the beautiful film Sangaile, by Alante Kavaite, about a lesbian affair between two young women; an improv show with Denver's Chris Parente and the improv team The Queerbots; the movie Lust in the Dust, starring Divine; and Desert Migration, a documentary/film poem by Daniel Cardone, which is, in my opinion, one of the greatest films of the decade.

Here is the link to the CinemaQ festival at the Denver Film Society.

Here is the trailer for Tab Hunter Confidential.

Here is the trailer for the film Sangaile.

Here is the trailer for the film Lust in the Dust.

Here is the trailer for the film Desert Migration.

7/25/15 review of Momoyo Torimitsu presentation at the Dikeou Collection

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2015 "video dialogue" based on the work of Momoyo Torimitsu at the Dikeou Collection.

The Dikeou Collection has two large, inflatable bunnies made by Momoyo Torimitsu on display. They are some of my favorite works at the Dikeou. The Dikeou's video dialogue series takes works on display at the Dikeou as starting points for an evening of videos. My thread discusses videos such as Richard Serra's and Carlota Fay Schoolman's Television Delivers People, Venus Angelic's Chubby Bunny Challenge, and Blackrose20's Watership Down -- The Fear Edit. I also give a full list of videos presented that night.

Here is the link to the Dikeou Collection's website.

Here is a video of Venus Angelic's Chubby Bunny Challenge.

Here is a video of Serra's and Schoolman's Television Delivers People.

7/25/15 review of Greg Louganis documentary Back on Board

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary Back on Board: Greg Louganis, which was directed by Cheryl Furjanic.

Furjanic's documentary examines the life of Greg Louganis, one of the greatest divers in the world and an activist for LGBTQ issues and HIV/AIDS issues. My Twitter thread discusses some issues like the personal and the political, as well as the connection between politics and peak performance. I discuss some other pop culture connections which seem a little tenuous to me on recent reading.

Here is the trailer for Back on Board: Greg Louganis.

I saw Back on Board: Greg Louganis at the Denver Film Society in Denver, Colorado.

The film was part of the Denver Film Society's CinemaQ LGBTQ film festival.

7/25/15 review of The CELL's presentation on Global Threats to US Security

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2015 talk put on by Denver's Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab on Global Threats to US Security.

This conversation was between the Ambassador Christopher Hill and Mary Habeck. It was moderated by Greg Dobbs. The conversation centered around events and diplomacy in the Middle East, with a focus on Iran. My thread discusses some of the themes, as well as my positive opinion of Ambassador Hill.

Here is a link to Denver's Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab.

7/25/15 review of Leon Gallery show East of L.A./West of Tehran

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Leon Gallery's 2015 show East of L.A. / West of Tehran.

This was a group show of work by four Iranian-American artists: Arya Ghavamian, Laleh Mehran, Justin Mashouf, and Amiti Motevalli. The work ranged from photography to video animation to video. My Twitter thread discusses some of the themes of the works. There are some photos -- though not as many as I'd like to have posted.

Leon Gallery is definitely one of the best art galleries in Denver, Colorado.

7/19/15 review of Chad Dawkins talk at the Dikeou Collection

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a Dikeou Collection talk with Chad Dawkins regarding his book The Role of the Artist in Contemporary Art.

Chad Dawkins is an artist and critic. He's also the curator and director of exhibitions at the Southwest School of Art in San Antonio. My Twitter thread discusses how Dawkins has explored the role of different participants in the process and experience of art, such as the subject, the curator, and the artist. It also discusses some of the conclusions Dawkins has drawn over the years by examining these different roles, as well as the possibility of the specifications of roles breaking down.

Here is the link to the Dikeou Collection's website.

Here is the link to the Amazon page for Chad Dawkins's book The Role of the Artist in Contemporary Art.

7/18/15 review of Backstage Coffee Shop group show

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2015 Backstage Coffee Shop group show of work by Cedric Chambers, Dunn the Signtologist, and Thomas Detour Evans.

The Backstage Coffee Shop is a nice and spacious coffee shop located in the Denver Center for the Performing Arts in Downtown Denver. They always have good art on display. My Twitter thread shows photos of work by all three artists. It also discusses their technique, philosophy, etc.

Here is the link to the Backstage Coffee Shop.

Here is the link to Cedric Chambers's website.

Here is the link to Thomas Detour Evans's website.

Here is the link to Dunn the Signtologist's website.

7/18/15 review of MCA Denver exhibition Now? NOW!

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver's 2015 exhibition Now? NOW!

The MCA Denver's show Now? NOW! was part of Denver's Biennial of the Americas program, which showcases, in galleries, museums, and other public spaces around the city, work by artists in North and South America. My thread gives some background on the MCA Denver's show. It also shows pictures of work by Robert Longo, Adam Pendleton, Zach Blas, Aliza Nisenbaum, Chris Coleman, Laleh Mehran, and Sarah Anne Johnson.

Here is the link to the MCA Denver's website. They're a great contemporary art museum in Denver, Colorado.

Also, here is the link for the Biennial of the Americas.

7/18/15 review of Caleb Hahne exhibit Evening Ceremonies at SVPERORDINARY

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 exhibition Evening Ceremonies by Caleb Hahne at the Denver art gallery SVPERORDINARY.

Up to this point, a lot of Hahne's work dealt with taking found images of Classical sculpture, digitally manipulating the images, then rendering the imagery, mostly in ballpoint pen, if I remember correctly, then further manipulating the images with media such as nail polish. He would also paint pop-art-style swatches of colorful paint on the images. The SVPERORDINARY show kind of broke free of some of those old styles, and I discuss that in my Twitter thread. The thread also contains a lot of images of Hahne's work.

Unfortunately, SVPERORDINARY is no longer around. It was a neat gallery that had been located in a trendy shopping center. However, they seem to have vacated that space and no longer have a website, as far as I can tell.

7/11/15 review of group art show Nothing Belongs to Us

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the group art exhibition Nothing Belongs to Us, which took place at Denver's RULE Gallery and was guest-curated by Hayley Richardson of the Dikeou Collection.

My Twitter thread review discusses some aspects of the show and gives some pictures of work by Caleb Hahne, Jessica Angel, and Michael Theodore.

In these days, RULE shared a building with the Hinterland gallery, run by Colorado artist Sabin Aell. So I also have some photos from a party that took place at that gallery later in the evening.

This was -- I think -- the first full review I did of a show at RULE. I thought I'd done one other previously. But I can't seem to find it anymore. From April of 2015 to April of 2017, RULE was a pretty big part of my life. I don't speak with anyone from RULE anymore. But they are still a great gallery, in my opinion.

7/11/15 review of Cherry Creek Arts Festival

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Colorado.

The Cherry Creek Arts Festival is an annual street-fair-style art festival that takes place in Denver, Colorado. Artists from all around the country present their work. In my thread, I show pictures of some work I like, including work by Vic Lee, Anne Cubbage, Kina Crow, Helen Gotlib, Diana Stetson, and Kathrine Allen-Coleman.

Here is the link to the website for the Cherry Creek Arts Festival.

7/11/15 review of Leisure Gallery show Taken from There by Joseph Coniff

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Taken from There, a solo exhibition of work by Joseph Coniff, at Denver's Leisure Gallery.

Joseph Coniff's work often explores the tension between perception and reflection in individual and social life. His show Taken from There did this by blowing up old family slide projector photos and then framing them behind glass which had been blurred with a sandblasting process. My Twitter discusses the work and shows a couple (not enough!) photos from the show.

Joseph Coniff also has a website. But unfortunately it seems to be having some issues right now. I will link to it later, if I get a chance.

7/3/15 review of Dikeou Collection's video dialogue about Chris Johanson

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of a 2015 video dialogue session the Dikeou Collection did on the work of Chris Johanson.

The Dikeou Collection has, over the years, done programs they call video dialogues, which are basically evenings where a number of videos, films, etc., are played that are either by or related to a certain artist, artist's themes, etc. This video dialogue discussed the work of Chris Johanson, one of the key artists in San Francisco's Mission School in the 1980s and 1990s.

Some videos included a clip from the TV series New Wave Theater. Here's a sample of that series.

Another video in the series was Antihero: Fucktards. Here's that video.

Here is a link to the Dikeou Collection's website. The Dikeou is my third-favorite art institution in Colorado.

7/3/15 review of group art exhibition Play Grounds at RedLine Denver

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the 2015 group art exhibition Play Grounds at RedLine, a contemporary art center in Denver, Colorado.

The show Play Grounds explored concepts like boundary and possession in a lot of different ways, psychological and material, and with art that spanned all kinds of media. In my thread I discuss some of these explorations. I also show a lot of pictures from the show, including work by Dan Tobin Smith, Augustina Woodgate, Anne-Marie Schleiner, Brody Condon, and Mary Flanagan.

Here is the link to RedLine's website. They are my favorite art institution in Colorado.

7/3/15 review of film Disaster Playground by Nelly Ben Hayoun

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Nelly Ben Hayoun film Disaster Playground.

Dr. Nelly Ben Hayoun's film Disaster Playground is like a documentary by way of Jean-Luc Godard. In the documentary, Nelly discusses the possibility of Earth getting struck by an asteroid, and visits the people tasked with researching Earth's risk. In my thread, I discuss Nelly's eccentric approach to telling this narrative. I also discuss how the documentary views America, social networks, and the professional versus the amateur.

Disaster Playground is easily one of my favorite films of the decade. It's also, unfortunately, one of the most overlooked. I absolutely recommend checking it out. Here is the trailer.

Also, here is a link to the website for Nelly Ben Hayoun (NBH) Studios. They are doing a lot of exciting stuff right now.

I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, a great movie house located in Denver, Colorado.

6/25/15 review of Tiel Lundy lecture on Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers series

Here is my Twitter thread review of a lecture done on Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers series of films at the Denver Film Society.

Over the past few years, University of Colorado film professor Tiel Lundy has visited Denver Film Society to give fun lectures on a number of subjects, most often linked to issues about fashion or sexuality, and the changing contexts of fashion and sexuality, in film. This Twitter thread discusses some of those aspects in the Busby Berkeley Gold Diggers series.

Here is the trailer for Gold Diggers of 1933.

Here is the trailer for Gold Diggers of 1935.

Here is the trailer for Gold Diggers of 1937.

As I mentioned, I saw this lecture at Denver Film Society, a great movie house in Denver, Colorado.

5/18/15 review of Denver Roller Derby versus Gotham Girls Roller Derby

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of Denver Roller Derby versus Gotham Girls Roller Derby.

My Twitter thread discusses the bout between Denver's team, Bruising Altitude, and Gotham's team, the Wall Street Traitors. I discussed some of my favorite players on each team, how I got to meet and talk with some of the skaters and their families, and some of my favorite plays from the game. The Boulder County Bombers also had a bout against Gotham. I discuss that bout as well.

Here is a link to Denver Roller Derby's website.

Here is a link to the Gotham Girls Roller Derby website.

Here is a link to the Boulder County Bombers roller derby website.

5/9/15 review of Walker Fine Art show The Buoyancy of Nothing, by Sabin Aell

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Sabin Aell show The Buoyancy of Nothing, as well as brief mentions of some concurrent shows.

The Buoyancy of Nothing showed at Walker Fine Art, run by Bobbi Walker. My thread discusses the process Aell uses in creating her resin-and-collage works. I discuss how the colors, imagery, and shapes of the work are evocative of various things. I discuss some of my favorite images. I also discuss work I liked from concurrent Walker Fine Art shows by Bonny Lhotka, Udo Noger, and Angela Beloian.

Here is a link to the Walker Fine Art website.

Here is a link to Sabin Aell's website.

5/9/15 review of the film Touch of Evil, by Orson Welles

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the Orson Welles film Touch of Evil.

Touch of Evil is one of the greatest films of all time. It follows a Mexican detective as he works to solve the mystery of a car bombing that happened right on the border of Mexico and the United States. This particular screening occurred in celebration of Orson Welles's birthday.

Here is a trailer for Touch of Evil.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, a great movie house in Denver, Colorado.

5/9/15 review of the film The Hand That Feeds, by Rachel Lears & Robin Blotnick

Here is a link to my Twitter thread review of the documentary The Hand That Feeds, by Rachel Lears and Robin Blotnick, and released by Jubilee Films.

In The Hand That Feeds, a group of New York City workers, some undocumented, organize with groups such as the Laundry Workers Center United and Occupy Wall Street in order to fight for better wages and benefits from their employer, Hot & Crusty. In my review, I discuss the dynamics between the labor unions, Occupy Wall Street, and other people who helped the workers. I also discuss how those dynamics relate to labor history.

Here is the trailer for The Hand That Feeds.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, a great movie house located in Denver, Colorado.

5/9/15 review of the film The People vs. George Lucas, by Alexandre O. Philippe

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film The People vs. George Lucas, by Alexandre O. Philippe.

The People vs. George Lucas is a documentary that explores Lucas's Star Wars movies, fans' reactions, critical and creative, to the films, and the horrible backlash that followed the prequel movies. In my thread, I discuss how it's become a bit too easy for people to use prequel hatred as a theme for their work. I also discuss some of the aspects of Star Wars fan art that I like. I also discuss my favorite Star Wars fan art, the Star Wars Kid.

Here is the trailer for The People vs. George Lucas.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society, which is a great movie house, if you're ever in Denver, Colorado.

5/9/15 review of Bruno Dumont film P'tit Quinquin

Here is the link to my Twitter thread review of the film P'tit Quinquin by Bruno Dumont.

In my review I discuss the basic plot of P'tit Quinquin, a French TV miniseries that was made into a film. The plot follows two detectives and a group of kids in the Bolonnais region during a series of strange and surreal deaths that might possibly also be murders. I discuss some themes of war, violence, and sexuality, as well as some of my favorite characters and scenes.

Here is the trailer for the film P'tit Quinquin.

Also, I saw this film at the Denver Film Society. If you are in Denver, I recommend visiting them. They're great.