Dark Matter sounds like a musical amalgamation of many of the trends bristling up in London at the moment.
Music Reviews
Arto Lindsay/Ken Vandermark/Joe McPhee/Phil Sudderberg: Largest Afternoon
Free improvisation can appear to be little more than chaos. But under the right circumstances, musicians come together for an engaging, abstract conversation that sorts out the world’s…
Film Reviews
Corpus Christi
The power of Corpus Christi lies in the tension between past mistakes and present circumstances as a young man tries to leave behind a criminal history for a…
VFW
Fast-paced and full of winks and nods, VFW is an unexpected treat.
Music Features
Revisit: The Verve: A Northern Soul
The wounds sustained from making A Northern Soul would eventually destroy the band.
Concert Review: Juliana Hatfield/Will Dailey
Juliana Hatfield is an introvert’s rock star, and this reticence is part of what we love.
Film Features
Revisit: The Year of Living Dangerously
It’s a peculiar delight to revisit Peter Weir’s chronically-underrated 1982 romantic drama, as it’s the kind of film they don’t make anymore, for better and for worse.
Oeuvre: Tarkovsky: Nostalghia
Tarkovsky naturally incorporates his own time abroad into the film, which could make Nostalghia an echo of the present to match Mirror’s loose exploration of the director’s past.
Books
In the Dream House: by Carmen Maria Machado
A horror movie of a book, but one that has fun while it terrifies you.
The Starlet and the Spy: by Ji-Min Lee
The construction of the story, the framing of the narrative with what, in the end, is a pointless visit from an American movie star, makes the novel uneven.
Lists
Saturation Point: Great Songs We Never Want to Hear Again
We love you. But no more, please.
Five Years Later: The Best Films of 2014!!
Five years is an eternity in the life of a film.