Read Full Article Nick Thomas, the unabashedly emotive frontman of South Dakota band The Spill Canvas, thrives on the act of storytelling, even if it means spelling out vulnerability in excruciating detail. The band’s 2002 debut album, Go For The Jugular, was a formidable introduction to his venomous pen;...
Read Full Article Mike Birbiglia is a comic that stands apart. Sometimes crass, always thoughtful and sweet, he’s comedy’s #1 Wife Guy, and I’m happy to report it’s not just because he’s constantly jabbing at Jenny, his wife, in his specials. As a matter of fact, she’s a starring...
Read Full Article Between it being the first New Music Friday of the month, the second Bandcamp Friday of the year, and just a generally abundant release date, music lovers have lots to be excited about today. Bands like Arab Strap and Adult Mom are making comebacks, while artists...
Read Full Article Happy Death Day did time-loop horror. Palm Springs did time-loop rom-com. Edge of Tomorrow implemented it into action/sci-fi. Heck, even Doctor Strange gave us a time-loop superhero. Now Boss Level purports to do a more straightforward action movie with a time-loop conceit—in theory replicating the kind...
Read Full Article Ed Hill’s first ever comedy special, originally slated to tape in March of 2020, received the COVID treatment. In his case, this meant a closed set for filming with just a handful of family and friends. They sit in a circle for the entirety of the...
Read Full Article Told through a series of metropolitan vignettes, documentary filmmaker Elizabeth Lo’s Stray deftly weaves together a sprawling narrative of human and canine vagabond life on Istanbul’s city streets. While the ostensible focus of the film is on three particular stray dogs—the graceful Zeytin, affable Nazar and...
Read Full Article It says a lot about our relationship with sports that the cancellation of the NBA season in 2020 was the first big signal that the COVID-19 pandemic was going to be unlike anything we’d seen before. When just about every professional sports league on earth followed...
Read Full Article Renegades: Born in the USA arrived on Spotify’s airwaves on Feb. 22, a unique series of conversations between two figures who have been key in shaping what we now know as American culture. The conversations between rock legend Bruce Springsteen and former President Barack Obama aim...
Read Full Article WandaVision, 2021’s best show so far by a country mile, has come to its conclusion. What will our Fridays be like without it? WandaVision was never meant to be the first MCU TV show to arrive on Disney+ —that distinction Read Full Article
Read Full Article Raya and the Last Dragon, directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada, marks the House of Mouse’s first foray into Southeast Asian cultures and traditions. An action-packed animated comedy-adventure filled with breathtaking visuals and a hopeful message at the heart of its story, the movie...
