He said it was my fault. What the hell was I doing, looking at him that way. With those eyes. What did I expect. Oh, didn’t you know, This sort of thing is human nature. Uncontrollable—a growl in the stomach or saliva on the lips. The bloody burn of red cheeks. What’s a […]
About Kayleigh Hughes
A Roundtable Interview with Nicolas Winding Refn and Cliff Martinez
Last week, Loser City film editor Kayleigh Hughes was invited to take part in a press screening and roundtable interview for Nicolas Winding Refn’s new movie The Neon Demon. You can read Kayleigh’s review of the film at Vox, where she made her debut over the weekend, but we’re thrilled to present the full roundtable interview with […]
SXSW Film 2016 Day 3 Part 2- Accidental Courtesy and Don’t Think Twice
Movies are the best, you guys. Sunday was the strongest set of films we’ve seen at the festival so far, and the two we caught, documentary Accidental Courtesy: Daryl Davis, Race & America and Mike Birbiglia’s feature Don’t Think Twice, provided excellent tonal and thematic variety. After seeing a handful of okay-but-not-life-changing documentaries, I went […]
SXSW Film 2016 Day 1 Pt. 2- Cameraperson and Beware the Slenderman
As we all know, jumping into the Interactive portion of SXSW is the best possible way to get your festival bearings because, for a myriad of reasons, pretty much every official and unofficial event of Interactive is low-risk, high-reward. It doesn’t have the public caché of Music but it’s also way more social (interactive?) than […]
Top 10 Films to Catch at SXSW 2016
Loser City continues its tradition of gonzo SXSW reporting with a preview of our most anticipated films at this year’s SXSW Film festival. The selections run the gamut from magical realist Polish films to documentaries on tech pirates and KKK-befriending black musicians. In a Valley of Violence What It Is: Minimalist horror auteur Ti West […]
In Memory of David Bowie: 7 Artists Who Made Great Art in Their Final Days
Just over a week ago, we were celebrating the arrival of new David Bowie album Blackstar (on his birthday no less) and its accompanying music videos. Now, Bowie is no longer with us, having passed away on January 10, 2015. To the public, his death came as a devastating shock, as Bowie and those close […]
Nonfiction: Progeny in Crisis by Kayleigh Hughes
Early in my college career, I wrote a story about my mother and her cancer and I. People seemed to like it and I got an award and it was published and someone said I would receive one hundred dollars for being the winner, but I never got that check, which is a shame because […]
On the Road Yet Again: Big Significant Things is Bleak, But Not Bleak Enough to Say Something New
In writer and director Bryan Reisberg’s debut feature-length film Big Significant Things, successful twenty-six-year-old Craig, played by Game of Thrones’ Harry Lloyd–he was Viserys, of the golden crown–can’t bring himself to commit to the clear-cut future ahead of him. He has a nice job in advertising and is making a big move to San Francisco […]
Lost in My Mind: I Believe in Unicorns is a Gauzy and Inventive Exploration of Girlhood
The protagonist of I Believe in Unicorns is sixteen-year-old Davina, played by actual sixteen-year-old Natalia Dyer, who spends her days partly in the real world, where she must be the sole caretaker of a mother with multiple sclerosis, and partly in a fantasy world full of unicorns, forest nymphs, and princesses. Davina struggles to make […]
Hold It Lightly: How A Woman Like Me Uses the Creative Process to Explore Life’s Harder Questions
There is quote from Yoko Ono that says, “art is a way of survival.” This is true in more ways than one. As an action, art helps you to survive. The act of making art is a way of choosing how you live. Going further, art as a noun, as the product of your action, […]