Read Full Article It’s hard to laugh about a debate where the sitting president refuses to disavow white supremacists, repeatedly lies throughout, and encourages his supporters to “watch” polling place, but what else could anybody expect from Trump? Tonight’s debate was an absolute disaster, with Trump bloviating like an...
Read Full Article White faces are typically obscured in Residue, Merawi Gerima’s impressive feature debut. He either leaves them out of focus, cuts them from the frame, shoots their silhouettes or positions the camera over their shoulders, providing evidence that they exist without identifying them. Whiteness is acknowledged in...
Read Full Article Disney announced today that it’ll be laying off 28,000 employees from its Parks, Experiences and Products division, which includes the company’s theme parks, resorts and cruise lines. Although its Florida and international theme parks have all reopened after their temporary COVID closures, the two parks and...
Read Full Article Ready to get spooky? Below we celebrate 30 of the best horror TV shows you can stream right now (well, as far as current licensing deals are concerned). Some picks are scary, some aren’t, and some stretch the very limit of what’s considered horror. That means,...
Read Full Article The Nintendo 64 came out in America 24 years ago today, so screw it: let’s rank the stuff. Let’s rank the games you could play on the thing, or at least the best of those games. We’re gonna do 10 of ‘em. We could do more...
Read Full Article Goat Girl announced their second album On All Fours, out on Jan. 29 via Rough Trade Records. The album was produced by Dan Carey (Kae Tempest, black midi) in South London in early 2020. The band also shared its lead single “Sad Cowboy,” alongside an accompanying...
Read Full Article Emmy nominated comedian Sam Jay is making the big move from the Saturday Night Live writing room to front-and-center on your televisions. HBO has announced a weekly late-night show starring the provocative powerhouse is coming to HBO and HBO Max next year. Jay will also serve...
Read Full Article Romy Madley-Croft of The xx dropped her debut solo single “Lifetime” via Young Turks Recordings. The upbeat new track was produced with Fred again.. and Marta Salogni in London during lockdown. According to Romy, the song is about “being totally in the moment and celebrating it.”...
Read Full Article Parisian chef Taku Sekine — best known for the Japanese-inflected neo-bistro Dersou and the minimalist, Chinese-French restaurant Cheval d’Or — has ended his life, according to a public statement released September 29 by his partner, Sarah Berger, on Instagram stories. Sekine’s death comes shortly after accusations...
Read Full Article It was 2010 when my daughter, who was 25 and working as an electrical engineer in Silicon Valley, clued me to a hamburger pop-up in a bodega in San Francisco’s Mission District. Soon thereafter it morphed into another pop-up, a Chinese one this time. Called Mission...
