Sam Raimi has a knack for finding garbage. The writer/director has spent nearly 40 years discovering material that others deem trashy, waving his hands over it and magically morphing it into gold…
NYAFF Opening Night Review: Samurai Marathon races towards confusion
The New York Asian Film Festival returns for its eighteenth year, kicking off its annual celebration of some of the strangest, weirdest, and most eclectic filmmaking throughout Asia. The opening night…
Album Review: Prince – “Originals”
One of the many qualities that made Prince such an iconic figure in pop music was his work ethic. He just never stopped making music, whether he was on tour, making an album or whatever he was doing i…
The Last Black Man in San Francisco Movie Review: Home is the impossible dream in a gentrified nightmare
The Last Black Man in San Francisco speaks to a level of devastation that’s been discussed before, that of how racism, gentrification, and class converge over generations to leave entire neighbo…
Big Little Lies Season Two Premiere Review: New faces are introduced in gripping return
To clean the air, let’s first discuss the Streep of it all. We’re only an episode into season two and yes, it looks like they’re setting the story up so that Meryl Streep’s Mary Louise, mother-in-law …
Leto is a Nostalgic, Wistful Tribute to Soviet Rock ’n’ Roll
When Kirill Serebrennikov’s Leto first premiered last year at Cannes, it was overshadowed by the director’s recent house arrest under accusations of embezzlement against the state. The film world reac…
Album Review: The Head and the Heart – “Living Mirage”
The Head and the Heart desperately wants to become the next One Republic. Their once folk-heavy sound (Let’s Be Still from 2013) has morphed into a more pop-friendly tone since the release of th…