Marianne Schaefer Trench

Marianne Schaefer Trench is a documentary filmmaker who was born in Berlin and has lived in New York City since 1987.

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Can This Very Private, Very Rich American Save Reggae?

Joe Bogdanovich doesn’t like to talk about his fortune. He doesn’t even like to say how old he is. Instead he lets his passion projects promoting reggae talk for him.

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STANDING ROOM ONLY

Why Is Yayoi Kusama the World’s Most Popular Artist?

A New York art gallery is expecting 100,000 visitors to its new Kusama show. What makes this 90-year-old polka-dot lady so universally likable?

Marianne Schaefer Trench

BAD IDEA

Swimming With Dolphins: Is It Love or Exploitation?

Thousands of dolphins are kept in captivity around the world, mostly for the entertainment of tourists. Certainly it’s no fun for the dolphins.

Marianne Schaefer Trench

STOPPED CLOCK

The Cliché Is True: You Really Are as Young as You Feel

Turns out there’s lots of science to support the idea that age is just a number, but after our 20s, we have more and more trouble reconciling our physical and mental ages.

Marianne Schaefer Trench

PRODIGY

Andi Thoma Powers the Music of Otherworldly Mouse on Mars

He was a dysfunctional kid. She was the teacher who befriended him and gave him confidence to be himself. Marianne Schaefer Trench on the boy who would become a musical cult hero.

Marianne Schaefer Trench

Marianne Schaefer Trench

Can This Very Private, Very Rich American Save Reggae?

Why Is Yayoi Kusama the World’s Most Popular Artist?

Swimming With Dolphins: Is It Love or Exploitation?

The Cliché Is True: You Really Are as Young as You Feel

Andi Thoma Powers the Music of Otherworldly Mouse on Mars

The Raised Eyebrow Is the Lazy Writer’s Favorite Cliche

Have We Goaded Mother Earth Into Becoming an Angry Parent?

When I Filmed Joe Arpaio, He Was Cooperative and Horrifying

Holly Golightly Wrote My Favorite Novel

My Grandmother Voted for Hitler