Grime Ethics Media
Hosting independent and experimental film screenings for the Midwest arts community.
Justin SovineYour host
The film
Interface
Justin Tomchuk, 2021. A web series on YouTube first: 24 episodes, four years, all by hand.Justin Tomchuk, 2021.
After The Son of ManRené Magritte, 1964
“As artificial intelligence rapidly evolves, we’re witnessing the commodification of human thought-space.”“We’re witnessing the commodification of human thought-space.”
Justin Sovine, before Interface
Grime Ethics started in Cincinnati’s experimental music scene. These days we mostly put on film nights: weird, independent, experimental stuff that wouldn’t otherwise get shown around here, on a big screen with a crowd.We started in Cincinnati’s experimental music scene. Now we put weird films on a big screen.
At the Esquire
After Horse and TrainAlex Colville, 1954
Grime Ethics Media
Grime Ethics started in Cincinnati’s experimental music scene. These days we mostly put on film nights: weird, independent, experimental stuff that wouldn’t otherwise get shown around here, on a big screen with a crowd.
Got a film? Send it our way. Got a space? Get in touch.
We’re picking the next film now. Follow along and you’ll hear first.
Our last screening was Interface, a film by Justin Tomchuk, at the Esquire Theatre in Cincinnati on Thursday, October 2, 2025. 56 people came.
Grime Ethics Media is run by Justin Sovine, who founded it and hosts the screenings. Screenings are listed at grimeethics.net/screenings; the films at grimeethics.net/films.
Grime Ethics