Album Review: DJ Shadow – “Our Pathetic Age”

DJ Shadow is one of the indisputable masters of electronic music. His 1996 breakout Endtroducing….. is still a landmark in creative sampling, a dizzyingly dense collage of esoteric musical references, comedy skits, interviews, and Twin Peaks clips. It’s still my…

Finding Her Voice: The Love Witch [Podcast]

Hello and welcome to TYF’s newest podcast series, Finding Her Voice. Joined by editor in chief Gabrielle Bondi and film and television writer AJ Caulfield, we’ve come together to highlight, celebrate and discuss films directed by women. From the very…

Fullmetal Alchemist (2017) Movie Review

Fullmetal Alchemist was a wonderful, engaging manga and anime series that proved to be a stellar entry point to the medium for many young people in the early 2000s, myself included. FMA was able to transcend the silly nature of…

The Best Movie Moments of the Summer

We’ve spent a decent amount of time talking about this already, but the summer 2017 movie season has been one to remember. Sure, the box office numbers have been on the…dour side, but the overall quality was remarkable and unusual.…

From the Record Crate: Mary J. Blige – “What’s the 411?” (1992)

Not many artists would start their debut project by incorporating phone messages from other producers and artists praising their first album.  Well, that’s just what hip hop/soul legend Mary J. Blige did on her 1992 record What’s the 411?  By…

From the Record Crate: Savage Garden – “Savage Garden” (1997)

The debut album of Australian duo Savage Garden, also titled Savage Garden, is a picture-perfect example of late 1990s pop music. Savage Garden the band consists of vocalist Darren Hayes and instrumentalist Daniel Jones. Savage Garden the album was released…

Our Thoughts on 5 of 2016’s Book Adaptations

It’s been a year of some major book to movie adaptations, some more successful than others. (And some just downright terrible – cough Allegiant cough). But for book lovers, there’s always the eternal debate of which version was better – while…