Each note feels deliberate, planned, and unwasted, but the unconventional song structures and instrumentation keep the music from feeling artificial.

Rocinate is not without its weaknesses, but those only come as a result, I think, of being too ambitious.

I’m eschewing the list format and opting for something a bit more conversational.

Sympathy for Lady Vengeance is not just my least favorite of the “Vengeance” trilogy, but also the weakest.

A collection of gorgeous and intimate piano recordings.

Warriors & Warlocks is far more fun than it has any right to be.

I think I can honestly say that no other filmmaker’s approach inspires, humbles, or convicts me as much as Tarkovsky’s.

What I realized most watching Café Lumière was just how well Hou captures the inherent mystery of individual human beings.