Good social consciousness doesn't necessarily make for good art—a hard truth underscored by the shorts available for preview from the latest edition of Mix, the Experimental New York Lesbian & Gay Film/Video Festival. Far too many of this year's filmmakers fail to think beyond freshman-level identity politics, song-of-myself narcissism, and redundant sex-positivity; it's as if the subculture remains stranded within the conceptual confines of its mid-'90s queer heyday. As a result, those few shorts that attempt something different become standouts almost by default, such as Shawn Durr's... More >>>