One of the most exhilarating moments of any Death Cab for Cutie song is at the end of the first chorus of We Have the Facts and We’re…
Music Reviews
Cullen Omori: The Diet
A guitar-based album, replete with the warm, inviting tones that fans of Omori’s work from any point in his career should be quite familiar with.
Film Reviews
We the Animals
We the Animals is a powerful, vérité-style coming of age story.
Juliet, Naked
What if your ex started dating your favorite musician?
Music Features
Revisit: U2: Achtung Baby
Achtung Baby is where U2’s second iteration begins.
Discography: Joni Mitchell: For the Roses
For the Roses—provided one can get past its thorny exterior—is likely to stay with the listener for a long time.
Film Features
Revisit: The Tin Drum
The Tin Drum remains one of the more intriguingly peculiar coming-of-age stories to come out of the late 20th century, one that nimbly weaves between the fantastic and…
Oeuvre: Brooks: Spaceballs
Brooks manages to highlight the absurdity of the Star Wars world years before George Lucas’ prequels led the series into self-parody.
Books
Memphis Rent Party: by Robert Gordon
“Music is the aural expression of place—a geyser emoting sound, not water.”
Robin: by David Itzkoff
This may well prove to be the definitive biography of this great figure in American comedy.
Lists
25 Best Queer Films
Queer films are reaching wider audiences than ever.
The Best Films of 2018 (So Far)
We hope this list inspires you to choose something else at the multiplex.