Alison Jean SmithWaiting for the Carnival (2019), an engrossing documentary by Brazilian filmmaker Marcelo Gomes, opens with a swath of billboards set against a stark landscape. Showcasing models in skin-tight blue jeans, the billboards welcome the viewer to...
Tracing the last century of Kauai’s history and its representation in film, Anthony Banua-Simon’s documentary, Cane Fire (2021), begins with a mystery: what happened to the never-released romance White Heat (1934)? White Heat was the first...
For many Seattleites, Aurora Avenue has for years been synonymous with prostitution, drug trafficking, and general urban decay. For those unfamiliar with the region, it’s a stretch of Highway 99 running from the city’s north to south...
Vee Hua 華婷婷Translations 2022 returns with a hybrid festival of transgender, nonbinary, and gender-expansive films from around the world! An initiative of Three Dollar Bill Cinema, Translations features short films, feature films, and networking events which...
Miles GinozaVicky Farewell has worn a lot of hats in the music industry. She has toured as a keyboardist for Kali Uchis and Willow Smith, has writing credits on multiple Anderson .Paak records including the Grammy-winning Ventura, and has worked on music...
On its surface, PARASAiL-18, the 2022 full-length from experimental solo musician The Growth Eternal, comes across as a smooth, harmonious, and vocoder-laden electronic offering. Beneath its surface, however, one finds a challenging, highly-personal...