sentences:  Festa's essays have appeared in "The New York Times Book Review", "The Daily Beast", "Nerve", "Salon", and anthologies.His widely acclaimed  first film "Apparition of the Eternal Church" (2006, 51 minutes) captures the responses of 31 artists and writers—including literary critic Harold Bloom, filmmaker John Cameron Mitchell, Scissor Sisters singer Ana Matronic, novelist Daniel Handler (a.k.a.Lemony Snicket), and drag performers Justin Bond (of Kiki and Herb) and Jackie Beat—to the music of Olivier Messiaen.