Fractured Fairy Tale: An Interview with Matt Bell

BY GINA MYERS In his debut novel, Matt Bell delivers a poetic fairy tale, but not one of the happily-ever-after variety. At turns violent, haunting, and stunning, In the House Upon the Dirt Between the Lake and the Woods propels itself forward through a series of unexpected twists.  The dramatis personae includes a foundling, a fingerling, a bear, and a squid. [more]

Life On Mars: An Interview With Jan St. Werner

BY JORDAN MAINZER While the two French robots in Daft Punk are getting plenty of hype for their comeback album, an older Euro pair has quietly been making noise for the past twenty years. Although "German electronic duo Mouse On Mars" may sound like a premise for an SNL skit, Jan St. Werner and Andi Toma are into some serious shit. This isn't to say that St. [more]

A Fine Womance: A Review of Noah Baumbach's Frances Ha

BY JAMIE CARR While taking naps in my closest female friends’ beds, play-fighting with them in Manhattan’s parks, and romping together on subway platforms are as familiar to me as breathing, there was something both inspiring and frustrating about watching such scenes in Noah Baumbach’s latest film: Frances Ha. On one hand, Baumbach and Greta Gerwig, who [more]

Knock Knock. Who's There? Philip Glass and Friends @ MHOW

BY KEITH MEATTO   The legendary composer Philip Glass makes music that's so minimalist and repetitive that it has inspired a joke: Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Knock Knock. Who’s there? Philip Glass. Knock [more]