Whitney Mallett
Spectacle Is Crowdfunding Its Next Ten Years of Bizarro Cinema in Brooklyn
The independent theater would like your help to keep screening the genre, art-house, and experimental films you can't find anywhere else.
How Steve Jobs Drew on Myth to Build the Cult of Apple
A new documentary spotlights the spiritualism at work in Jobs's tech empire.
The Anxiety of Being Watched by Machines: There's an App for That
Modern surveillance has both artists and technologists on edge.
'Going Clear' Documentary Is an Audit of Scientology
The film may become the definitive takedown of the church.
The Town Where Everyone Got Free Money
No, nobody stopped working. Inside the experiment that laid the groundwork for the modern guaranteed income movement.
Nathan Silver's New Film 'Stinking Heaven' Reeks of Cynicism and Kombucha
Stinking Heaven is the sardonic new comedy about recovering addicts who reside in a chaotic self-run sober-living home that sells kombucha out of a van.
'Girls' Star Alex Karpovsky Talks 'Tired Moonlight' and Multi-Tasking Like Lena Dunham
You know Alex Karpovsky as Ray Ploshansky, the sardonic coffee shop manager in Girls. For the past decade, however, he's also acted and directed numerous projects in America's independent film scene.
Is It Ethical for Architects to Build Solitary Confinement Cells?
Activists say no, but the industry's Code of Ethics says yes.
Julian Yuri Rodriguez Made a Short Film About What Scares White People
Julian Yuri Rodriguez's latest short, Lake Mahar, gets at the anxieties of white America with a hyper-accelerated rhythm and an insane sense of humor.
For Cuban Refugees, a Return to the Homeland by Way of Virtual Reality
Paisajes de mi Abuela, a 3D film for the Oculus Rift, is a visit to the once-forbidden island.
Kids in the US Are Getting Sick from Harvesting Tobacco
Fifteen-year-old Eddie Ramirez doesn't smoke, but nicotine still makes him feel "lightheaded sometimes," like he's "going to vomit." That's because he's one of the estimated thousands of kids who work in American tobacco fields.