VIOLET LUCCA

is the author of David Cronenberg: Clinical Trials. She is the former digital producer at Film Comment and the host of its podcast, as well as former VP of Digital at Harper’s Magazine.

Outside of the occasional action blockbuster or turgid documentary about the history of women’s sports, there are few spaces for...

November 7, 2024

The Substance opens with its simplest, most natural image: a raw chicken’s egg, the yolk yellow and dewy, lying flat on a white...

September 21, 2024

It’s often said that you can pick your friends but not your family. Yet in an age of mass communication, it’s never been easier...

October 8, 2023

It’s an unfortunate fact of life: even super-smart women sometimes end up with terrible boyfriends. This, along with a very different...

October 31, 2022

Tooth fairy: the director of Earwig discusses her distinctive treatment of adolescence, narrative, and silence.

August 12, 2022

Stories told within the framework of family drama can sometimes resemble folklore—digressive, dark, suspiciously elliptical...

March 25, 2022

The director of Session 9 recalls the filmic inspirations for the project, and how it probes sides of life that are uncomfortable and unseen.

October 31, 2021

Tooth fairy: the director of Earwig discusses her distinctive treatment of adolescence, narrative, and silence.

August 12, 2022

Stories told within the framework of family drama can sometimes resemble folklore—digressive, dark, suspiciously elliptical, patent fabrications...

March 25, 2022

Katie Small

is a writer, photographer, videographer, and cinephile living in Portland, Oregon.