Choosing the wrong bar for a first date could be the difference between finding your soulmate and being alone forever, obvi. Filmmaker and general man about town, Alan Del Rio Ortiz, gives a rundown of the best restaurants, bars and cafes to take your Tinder date in NYC. Continue reading “Where to take your Tinder Date: NYC”
Yooo! This is a short film I made with some of my #friends. It was commissioned for Channel 4’s “Random Acts” series in the UK. It was directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz, written by Dev Hynes and myself, and the score is by Dev too. Starring Dev, Jenna Saures, May Andersen, and me!
A couple months ago I briefly joined the fabulous Blood Orange (AKA Dev Hynes) on his tour of America supporting Florence and the Machine. The places I went included Phoenix, Las Vegas, Palm Springs and LA, and all of the tragic, middle-of-nowhere wastelands in between. I learned first hand on that trip that there are lots of places in America, for example small towns in Arizona and random places in the middle of the Nevada desert, where iced soy lattes and tofu scrambles are not options on the menu. For realz, there was not a single beet and carrot smoothie to be had for miles. I was horrified. People were literally eating WHITE BREAD in PUBLIC. And then at one point I kind of lost it and was like, “Excuse me, I wanted fresh peaches, not caramelized, peach-flavored chunks that came from a can,” and Dev was all, “Please shut the fuck up, you’re embarrassing me, I want to die.” He also kept insisting that everyone in every roadside town was staring at us because they were racist, which was probs true, but I also think they were just in awe of the fact that, in any given establishment, we were the only people under 250lbs.
Anyway, there were some really fun and #glamorous parts of the trip too, which I’ve made a record of in the form of this completely incoherent video. The video stars Dev Hynes with guest appearances by Alan Del Rio Ortiz, Phoebe Collings-James, Imogene Strauss and Tabitha Denholm.
Also, FYI, Dev is the best songwriter on earth. Check out the new Solange Knowles song he wrote, and the new Sky Ferreira song he wrote. Yeah, I KNOW RIGHT? Fuck.
The new film in my Slutever short film series for Purple TV is up now! You can watch it HERE! It was directed by Alan Del Rio Ortiz (who I made the Telephone film with) and was written by Alan and myself. It’s starring me, Ruth Gruca and Ross Fraser. Enjoy!
