Leonardo Faierman

Leonardo Faierman is the senior film editor at Black Girl Nerds. Born in Buenos Aires, raised in Queens, Bar Mitzvah'd at Young Israel, buried under student loans. He writes video game, music, film, and movie reviews, as well as poetry, comic books, bad dreams and good copy. He's 1/5th of the comics podcast #BlackComicsChat and 1/2 of horror film podcast The Scream Squad.

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Underworld Ascendant
#BGNPAXEast: Return to The Abyss in ‘Underworld Ascendant’

One of PAX East‘s most interesting surprises wasn’t actually on the show floor, but shuttered…

Pixel Ripped 1989
#BGNPAXEast: Introduction to the Brilliant VR Mindf–k ‘Pixel Ripped 1989’

Pixel Ripped 1989 is my definite pick for PAX East’s game of show, full stop.…

SCUM
#BGNPAXEast: What, Exactly, Is ‘SCUM’?

Devolver‘s newest, most mysterious outing has to be the Croatian-developed multiplayer shooter SCUM. And yet, “shooter”…

EarthNight
#BGNPAXEast: ‘EarthNight’

The apocalypse has arrived and dragons have brought it about, surrounding their ravaged quarry like…

Minit
BGN Video Game Review: ‘Minit’

New year, new miniature Devolver game. Following the irreverent and gleefully, dayglofully violent High Hell, the…

Survivors Guide To Prison
BGN Film Review: ‘Survivors Guide To Prison’

It’s been two years since Ava DuVernay released her inquisitive, era-responsive documentary The 13th, a…

Isle of Dogs
SXSW 2018 Review: ‘Isle of Dogs’

Where do the distinctions between cultural admiration, appreciation, and appropriation arise when it comes to…

The Breaker Upperers
SXSW 2018 Review: ‘The Breaker Upperers’

Breaking up is hard to do…which means it might be a market ready to disrupt.…

Lena Waithe
SXSW 2018 Interview: Lena Waithe is The Iron Giant!

Lena Waithe is virtually a household name by this point, with her momentous Emmy win…

TuneIn Live
SXSW 2018: TuneIn Live Hosts Coffee & Mayhem, featuring DMC & Jamie Broadnax

“Comic books were an empowering entity in my life.” These were some of the many…