Bright Star Butterflies
I captured a white butterfly when I was about seven. I scarred her wings while I was trying to trap her. When I looked for her a couple of hours later, she was gone. I don’t know how she’d managed to get out of the jar. I’ve always been fascinated by butterflies, but I learned [...]
Hip Hop Grandma by filmmaker Cristina Ibarra
How to deal with family: Media & Juice
This holiday season, my microfamily (mother and brother) stayed with my boyfriend and me. Yikes. I moved in with him in December, and my family came to stay with us.
Movie watching saved us. We saw Me and You and Everyone We Know, Mongul, Slumdog Millionaire, MILK, and The Dark Knight. We had plenty to discuss [...]
The Last Mistress: Catherine Breillat's Comeback
Catherine Breillat, dubbed the worst French filmmaker of all time by her detractors, makes a comeback after her stroke with The Last Mistress. The film opened the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival and will be released in NYC on June 27th. Read the interviews in little white lies and filmmaker magazine. She discusses directing [...]