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2012 Stories by Gabriela Garcia

• Bad Apple

  published May 17, 2012

  When Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar was 8 years old, his parents sent him to a Catholic boarding school in a remote part of the county in... More >>

• Dangerous Lily

  published May 3, 2012

  A lily of the valley is fragrant, beautiful, and delicate. Also, it might send you into cardiac arrest as you violently vomit your brains out if... More >>

• Pride and Prejudice

  published April 26, 2012

  Coming out as gay is rarely an easy process. When you’re a high-powered businessman married to a woman with whom you have kids, it’s... More >>

• Cinema Paradiso

  published April 5, 2012

  Goethe, the German writer who found his aesthetic inspiration in 18th-century Italy, wrote that “to have seen Italy without having seen... More >>

• Container Theater

  published April 5, 2012

  If you’ve ever looked at shipping containers lined up at the port and thought, It’d be really great to gather a dozen people, break... More >>

• V-Day

  published March 22, 2012

  March is officially recognized as Women’s History Month, also the month Congress decided to hold an all-male panel on birth control. Many... More >>

• Filminism

  published March 22, 2012

  We’re used to seeing women on camera — sometimes as strong multidimensional leads and too often as saccharine saps chasing after... More >>

• Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina

  published March 1, 2012

  At press time, thanks to Jeremy Lin-sanity, the New York Knicks are outselling Madonna in ticket sales. But here in the 305, possibly in an effort... More >>

• Baring It All

  published February 23, 2012

  Not to freak out the freedom fries crowd, but it has to be said: Everything is prettier in France. Seriously. We have election squabbles a year... More >>

• Alien Invasion

  published February 16, 2012

  You know that awkward moment when you think you know someone — say, your tax advisor — when all of a sudden he pulls out a grainy... More >>

• Documenting Murder

  published February 2, 2012

  Who’s the world’s most badass documentary filmmaker? Pamela Yates is a strong contender. As a baby-faced emerging director 29 years... More >>

• Gender Role

  published January 26, 2012

  This month, an innocuous-looking 14-year-old launched the most terrifying YouTube video we've seen since the Jesus Camp movie trailers. In... More >>

• Extreme Cinema

  published January 5, 2012

  In 2004, a film critic for the arty mag ArtForum coined the term new French extremity to describe a genre that is "suddenly... More >>