Country singer Tanya Tucker has been part of the sonic landscape of America since the release of the iconic song, “Delta Dawn” in 1972, when she was just 13 years old. Since then, she’s been a fixture of radio, television and the tabloids (thanks to her very public relationship with a much older musician Glen […]
Author: Anna Hanks
MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON Review – Big Things Come In VERY Small Packages
The pandemic revealed that many of us have a strong need for companionship and close relationships and that we suffer when those things are removed. The feature film MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON is ostensibly about a mollusk named Marcel, but it’s mostly about the importance of family and community. MARCEL started life as a YouTube […]
SxSW Review – WATCHER
In the expat community, there is the problem of the trailing spouse. That’s because half of an expat couple usually arrives in a foreign country with a new job, a new office and new responsibilities. Meanwhile, the other partner, often a woman, doesn’t have a work permit in the county, doesn’t know anyone, often doesn’t […]
SxSW 2022 Review – The Return of Tanya Tucker, Featuring Brandi Carlile
Country singer Tanya Tucker has been part of the sonic landscape of America since the release of the iconic song, “Delta Dawn” in 1972, when she was just 13 years old. Since then, she’s been a fixture of radio, television and the tabloids (thanks to her very public relationship with a much older musician Glen […]
SxSW 2022 Review – 32 SOUNDS
32 SOUNDS is an unusual film by Sam Green, one that’s much closer to walking through an installation art exhibit by a multimedia artist like Bruce Nauman or Nam June Paik, than it is like watching a typical documentary film. The film’s own website describes it as “an immersive documentary and profound sensory experience.” The […]