EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE! is a video collective best known for repurposing found footage in bizarre and entertaining ways. Also of interest: Their ongoing quest to amass the largest collection of VHS copies of Jerry Maguire in human history. Co-produced by Everything Is Terrible! and the Hollywood Theatre, Everything Is Festival is a five-day fest whose […]
Alison Hallett
Alison Hallett served nobly as the Mercury's arts editor from 2008-2014. Her proud legacy lives on.
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Shredding Nostalgia: Sleater-Kinney Tomorrow Night
Photo: Brigitte Sire FOR NEARLY A DECADE of my life—from 1997 to 2006—I saw Sleater-Kinney at least twice a year. At La Luna, at the Glass Factory, at Meow Meow, at B Complex, at other venues whose names I can’t remember because they no longer exist. I don’t remember too much about the shows themselves, […]
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Rich Dude’s Lament
It’s So Hard to Care About Adult Beginners
It’s so hard to care about Adult Beginners.
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The Longest Ride Is About Death. Or Love? But Probably Death.
THE LONGEST RIDE This movie is two and a half hours long. A wizened egg whispers in the voice of Alan Alda. A boy writhes helplessly on the back of a bull. Two Jews reach through time, sepia fingers scrabbling at the locked window of the Now. A girl tosses her yellow hair and laughs. […]
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The Void Stared Back
The Longest Ride Is About Death. Or Love? But Probably Death.
The Longest Ride is about death. Or love? But probably death.
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Equal Opportunity
POWFest’s Female-Focused Mixed Bag
POWFest’s female-focused mixed bag.
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A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night Is the Best Iranian Western Vampire Gangster Noir Ever
Finally, someone who can give Buffy a run for her money. In horror movies, and sometimes in life, a girl alone at night is a victim. Shadows are ominous, noises are frightening, and footsteps are a threat—if they speed up, she’s in real trouble. The night doesn’t belong to her. Which is just part of […]
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Genre Is Dead, Long Live Genre
Best Iranian Western Vampire Gangster Noir Ever!
A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night is the best Iranian western vampire gangster noir ever.
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Who Needs Empowerment?
POWGirls Puts Girls Behind the Camera
POWGirls puts girls behind the camera.