Tramontane
Festival award-winner Tramontane skims the surface of Lebanese history but can’t quite balance personal drama with political allegory.
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Blade Runner 2049
Like its predecessor, “Blade Runner 2049” is a stylistic triumph that offers less than meets the eye. Matt Levine reviews the much-touted sequel.
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Loving Vincent
Loving Vincent offers stunning animation but little more in its reverent treatment of Vincent van Gogh.
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Pacific Islander Climate Change Poetry
The Missing Slate’s October 2017 online poetry issue, edited by Craig Santos Perez.
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Spotlight Artist: Scheherezade Junejo
“By trying to make the female nude a part of our visual language, I am attempting to dispel the myth of sexualisation in nudity and make it something which can be viewed with respect and admiration rather than covetousness, shame or discomfort.” Scheherezade Junejo in conversation with TMS editor Shameen Arshad.
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Nobody Killed Her
“And the crushing of these hopes and dreams is what Sabyn Javeri leverages with incredible skill.” Casey Harding reviews ‘Nobody Killed Her’, by Sabyn Javeri.
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Spotlight Artist: S. Hassan Pasha
“Hassan began taking photographs as a hobby and is now very keen on making a profession out of it.” Haseeb Chishti interviews Syed Hassan Pasha.
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New Voices Writing Competition: Pakistan
Presenting the first writing contest exclusively for writers in Pakistan. Guest judge: Sabyn Javeri. Deadline: May 15, 2017!
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Writing Fiction Anthology, Vol.3
As a special web anthology, The Missing Slate presents the work of its second fiction writing workshop graduates.
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Z213: Exit
“The narrative is fragmented and nightmarish, existing in a state of almost-perpetual darkness, but perhaps necessarily so…”
Jacob Silkstone reviews ‘Z213: Exit’, the first volume in Dimitris Lyacos’ Poena Damni trilogy.