I actively tried to avoid the film I reviewed this week at Spectrum Culture. It’s not because I thought it would be bad, but instead I was worried it would be good, which would make it disheartening and grueling. Sure enough, the new documentary about the few remaining physicians who provide late-term abortions kept reminding me or the sorry state of reproductive rights in the country. The film is solid. It’s the oppressive, anti-empathetic, woman-hating culture that’s a mess.

I also spared a few sentences for our latest Monthly Mixtape, extolling the virtues of a song of the excellent new Janelle Monae album. The official video I passed along to include in the feature is dandy, but the recent performance on The Late Show is even better. As David Letterman said in her introduction, “Get ready and get ready again!”