Brazilian Trash-Mouth Cinema Is Alive and Well in the Caxias do Sul Penitentiary
Sady Baby. Photo by Matias Rech de Lucena. On February 25, 2013, federal police in Caxias do Sul, Brazil, arrested the director Sady Baby and his girlfriend, Patricia, at a routine traffic stop. Sady...
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View ArticleBurma's Rohingya Ghettos Broke My Heart
Sittwe, the capital of Burma's restive Rakhine state, is a town divided. Or, put more accurately, segregated, thanks to the majority Buddhist Rakhine people developing a passion for beating, raping,...
View ArticleReally, Ryan?: Give All the Drugs to the Gay Boys
Here's something everybody should know about gay men: We like to disappear. We like to numb the feelings. We like to be anywhere that’s not here. We like to, quite simply, get fucked up. And you know...
View ArticleNeither Big nor Easy: The Birth of NOizeFest, New Orleans's Freakiest,...
The Way at NOizeFest 2012. This May 5—the last day of the upcoming New Orleans Jazz Fest—marks the eighth time NOizeFest will be hosted in my Bywater backyard. This celebration of noise music and...
View ArticleTao Lin's iPhone Photos of Taipei: Taipei Fashion
Over the next month and a half, in celebration of the forthcoming release of Tao Lin's latest novel, Taipei, we will be featuring a weekly selection of photos taken by the author during his recent...
View ArticleVICE News: BC Bud - Part 2
With a reported value of over six billion dollars, it’s no secret that marijuana in British Columbia is big business. However, due to the recent legalization of weed in Washington and Colorado, the...
View ArticleYung Lean Doer Is the Weirdest 16-Year-Old White Swedish Rapper You'll Hear...
Yung Lean Doer Is the Weirdest 16-Year-Old White Swedish Rapper You'll Hear This Week
View Article'Magic Wand' Bomb Detector Creator Found Guilty of Fraud
The bomb detector that 56-year-old British millionaire James McCormick peddled sounded too good to be true. It could sense C-4 at a range of 600 yards. And it could be programmed to root out other...
View ArticleCentral Asia Rally Was the Worst Journey of My Life
As the policeman in front of me adjusts the strap on his Kalashnikov, I can’t help thinking of Gob's refrain from Arrested Development: “I've made a huge mistake.” Only, I'm not a deluded manchild in...
View ArticleVICE Shorts: I'm Short, Not Stupid Presents: 'I, an Actress'
Five years ago I moved to San Francisco and one of my main goals was to meet the enigmatic cult filmmaker George Kuchar. I was introduced to him and his twin brother Mike’s films in college and they...
View ArticleHow Not to Be a Stand-Up Comedian
Stand-up comedy's pretty hot right now…am I right, guys? Ladies? Ladies, can you back me up on this? Yes, folks, it is hot...Hot with a capital H! How hot is it, you ask? Stand-up comedy is so hot,...
View ArticleWhat Does Canada's Blocked Terrorist Attack Mean for the Canucks?
The scene outside the Toronto courthouse today. A photographer tries to shoot a terror suspect through a paddywagon window. Photo by Angela Hennessy. Just as the Boston terrorist saga was coming to an...
View ArticleI Refused to Join the Israeli Defence Forces
Young members of the Israeli Defence Force. (Image via.) Moriel Rothman doesn't sound bitter when he reflects on the contradictions that formed his childhood identity and eventual political outlook....
View ArticleTupac, Neck Braces, and Suicide: An Interview with Harmony Korine
In 1998, shortly after his feature-length directorial debut, Gummo, Harmony Korine published a novel called A Crackup at the Race Riots. The book is built from an insane collage of images and...
View ArticleBarely Legal: Jessie Andrews Is a Jack-of-All-Trades
When I first saw Jessie Andrews doing sexy naked stuff on film, it blew my mind. Everything about her performance seemed so honest, refreshing, and visually stunning. She is only 20-years-old and...
View ArticleConspiracy Theorists Are Dangerous Enemies to Make
Photo by Suki Dhanda It was a clear day in New York when the poster boy of British conspiracy theory made a shocking announcement. Times Square buzzed behind Charlie Veitch as he stood there, training...
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