Guilty Poems
Guilty pleasures. What are they really? And why do we all feel that certain pleasurable things should bring us guilt?
An Ode to MGM
‘Frothy confections’ is a term that’s often heard to describe early movie musicals of the 1930s. True, if one considers them from such a perspective, that’s all they’re bound to see.
The Candy of Guilt
Pleasure for itself and in moderation does not, by virtue, possess a guilty quality. It is when a person starts to indulge themselves in excess that it becomes ‘guilty’. From personal observations and experiences, it seems to me that indulgence is one of the key steps which opens doors to the realm of guilt. Between all the silly and real ‘guilty pleasures’, there is one I would say for which you really should look out for – it is the guilty pleasure of guilt itself.
Letter from the editor april
What weights down your consciousness? Maybe it is that time you left things to do because the coach was too comfortable. There was no way you would get out of there, so it’s best to procrastinate.
Nienke Maat
V
It’s a casual Saturday night. I’m putting on my best clothes: huge sweatpants and a chic, flowy floral top. I complement my look with a bold red lip and… done. Ready for the night to start. Only, tonight the party doesn’t happen in some sticky-floored club. No. Tonight we go to the theater.
Augusto Boal: the Profile of a Revolutionist
Performance art. The most ephemeral type of art in which everything is questioned by the means of anything.
So beautiful and so lost: “Va Pensiero”
As Verdi lay down the quill with which he had just penned the famous notes to “Va Pensiero,” he could hardly imagine the song would still resonate with his nation over a hundred years later.
Caetano Veloso - Secretaría de Cultura Ciudad de México
Accidentally revolutionary
There is no better way to describe Tropicalismo than as a casual conversation with friends that became an artistic movement. It started with the intention of discussing the modernization of art.
Licorice Pizza: bitter or sweet?
Do you remember when Once Upon a Time… In Hollywood landed in the cinemas back in 2019? The reception of Quentin Tarantino’s 9th movie was divided. The directorial choice of using the real events of the Tate murders as a background story set off many viewers.
Food, Glorious Food
Food, Glorious Food:Denis Villeneuve's Next Floor by: Matteo Carazza The maître d' (Jean Marchand) peers at the audience as the devil himself. A hard cut…