The Maple Syrup in the Clam Chowder

by Steve Desroches As technology and tastes continue to change at a rapid pace, so too do our habits. Much has been made about the...

A Gluten-Free Funeral for a Cat

by Steve Desroches There is perhaps no greater agent of change than death. And not just the death of a living being, but of an...

Springtime for Sisi

by Steve Desroches From Aristophanes to Voltaire to Stephen Colbert satire has long been a cultural tool to take those in power down a peg...

It’s Just A Movie

Jaws and the Seduction of Fear by Steve Desroches Swimming in the ocean became an entirely different affair after 1975.  For some, even going in a...

Home Movies

Short Documentaries Focus on New England at Film Fest by Steve Desroches For those who live in the region it sometimes takes a trip afar to...

Not for the Faint of Heart

Sebastian Junger and Hell on Earth by Rebecca M. Alvin It’s no surprise that in the past two years there have been a lot of documentaries...

Complex Characters

The Cinema of Sofia Coppola by Rebecca M. Alvin A man drives his car in circles. Then he goes to a party at his house and...

Documenting Complexity

Intersectional Identity in Call Her Ganda by Rebecca M. Alvin Above: A photograph of slain Filipina Jennifer Laude. Photo: Mike Simpson Nearly four years ago, U.S. Marine...

REVIEW: Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts

by Rebecca M. Alvin Top Image: Bill Traylor at work; Untitled (Dog Fight with Writing) ca. 1939-1940 Photo: Horace Perry, Alabama State Council on the Arts There...

Getting Down and Dirty – Learning to Love the Earth As An Ecosexual

by Steve Desroches Beth Stephens was flying home to West Virginia in 2008 when she noticed something horrifying from 30,000 feet in the air. Mountain...