Ben Romero is currently pursuing a double-major in Creative Writing and Cinematic Arts from the University of Iowa. Originally from the Arkansas area, he fell in love with film and books because there was nothing better to do. His primary filmic interests consist of representations of death, sexuality, explorations of adolescent extremes and digital film at the turn of the millennium; or watching over-stimulating Chinese edits of winter foxes surrounded by pixelated hearts on Instagram. In 2023, when Kenneth Anger died: he cried.