Apr 30, 2017 Music In Rotation: Steve Hauschildt, Lorn, Software (Review) Highly evocative electronic music, unused synthesizer movie scores, and vaporwave composed before vaporwave was a thing.
Apr 29, 2017 Concerts Music Watch Sufjan Stevens’ Live Performance of Carrie & Lowell And just in case you were wondering, there is a cover of Drake’s “Hotline Bling.”
Apr 27, 2017 Music In a Silent Way by Nico Niquo (Review) The gently unsettling aspects of Nico Niquo’s ambience makes it all the more beautiful and intriguing.
Apr 27, 2017 Movies Review Round-Up: James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 The second outing for Marvel’s outer space misfits sounds like it’ll be just as much fun as the first.
Apr 24, 2017 Movies TV The Best Streaming Titles Arriving in May 2017 Coming soon: Cyberpunk anime, Nazi hunters, Earth’s Sorcerer Supreme, Roman gladiators, 007, Frank Drebin, and more.
Apr 15, 2017 Nerdery Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Stranger Things, Together at Last There’s no way I’m not immediately watching this.
Apr 11, 2017 Anime Movies Random Thoughts (and Theories) About Makoto Shinkai’s Your Name Makoto Shinkai’s latest is a thoughtful, winsome, and visually gorgeous film.
Apr 10, 2017 Movies Still Walking by Hirokazu Kore-eda (Review) Still Walking explores family drama with grace, and never once slips into Hollywood melodrama.
Apr 10, 2017 Movies The Good, The Bad, The Weird by Kim Ji-Woon (Review) Kim Ji-woon’s “kimchi western” is all about style as substance.
Apr 10, 2017 Movies Summer Wars by Mamoru Hosoda (Review) Summer Wars adroitly balances sci-fi geekiness, technology-focused social commentary, and family melodrama.
Apr 9, 2017 Movies 13 Assassins by Takashi Miike (Review) I love the idea of a Takashi Miike samurai film, but 13 Assassins just doesn’t live up to its promise.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Ping Pong by Fumihiko Sori (Review) Yes, there’s lots of ping pong, but also a surprisingly nuanced exploration of the thin line between friendship and rivalry.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies The Sky Crawlers by Mamoru Oshii (Review) Mamoru Oshii’s films are usually more satisfying and challenging than this.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Ashes of Time Redux by Wong Kar-Wai (Review) I’ve yet to see a Wong film that didn’t impress me on some level, but I’ll admit it was difficult to make it through Ashes of Time.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies The Call of Cthulhu by Andrew Leman (Review) A simply brilliant adaptation of one of the most classic horror stories of all time.
Apr 5, 2017 Anime Movies Evangelion: 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone by Hideaki Anno (Review) The first Evangelion walks a tricky line between appealing to otaku without feeling like a shameless cash-grab.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Manos: The Hands of Fate Is (Not) a Bad Movie What kind of “bad-ness” are we really talking about here?
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Vexille by Fumihiko Sori (Review) Vexille’s CGI strives for powerful sci-fi storytelling but frequently lands in the uncanny valley.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies JCVD by Mabrouk El Mechri (Review) Part semi-autobiography, part self-exorcism, part post-modern narrative, and a career rejuvenation for Van Damme.
Apr 5, 2017 Movies Ink by Jamin Winan (Review) Deeply heartfelt, with captivating visuals and indelible images, Ink handily sidesteps its flaws.