Tag: Natalia Dyer

REVIEW: Yes, God, Yes [2020]

Jared Mobarak

I’ve never even heard of dressing someone’s salad. There’s no question that religion is a powerful tool insofar as its partnership with faith. While prayer is never going to literally save someone’s life, it can create the hope and positivity necessary to heal from emotional, psychological, and physical hardship. Our minds have a way of dictating how our bodies react to suffering and being part of a community that cares and empathizes with your plight as you do theirs cultivates a path forward both through healing and the acceptance of…

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REVIEW: Velvet Buzzsaw [2019]

Jared Mobarak

All art is dangerous. The underlying idea of Dan Gilroy‘s art world horror Velvet Buzzsaw is an intriguing one because it forces us to realize how extensive the profiteering branch patterns of one single canvased tree of paint are. There’s the artist seeking notoriety, the gallery owner providing it, the consumers catching a glimpse at exhibits, the pocketbooks of buyers, the curators banking on ticket sales after hopping onto the bandwagon, and the critics supplying exposure in return for clicks. And that’s just the main offshoots which themselves possess more…

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