Jan 14, 2019 Anime Netflix’s Godzilla Anime Trilogy is an Interesting, Disappointing Extension of the Kaijū Mythos (Review) Though not lacking in ambition or scope, the trilogy ultimately leaves you wondering what might’ve been.
Dec 22, 2018 Best of Opus Movies Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and the Exhilaration of Representation (Review) Easily one of the most exhilarating and entertaining superhero movies I’ve ever seen, and all the moreso for its inclusivity.
Dec 8, 2018 Music Guardian of Winter’s Gate by Hiemal (Review) The prolific French producer has released some of the year’s best dark ambience.
Nov 30, 2018 Music Neon Impasse by City Girl (Review) The “chill-hop” producer blends hip-hop beats, melancholy atmospheres, jazzy riffs, and other elements for supreme chill-out material.
Nov 28, 2018 Music Weighing Souls With Sand by The Angelic Process (Review) The duo’s final album combines black metal and shoegaze to brutal, yet beautiful effect.
Nov 21, 2018 Music The Appearances by Ester Drang (Review) The band’s first release in a dozen years boasts a heavier, more expansive sound.
Oct 31, 2018 Music The Thin Place by Young Hierophant (Review) Inspired by classic horror soundtracks and ’70s educational films, Young Hierophant crafts otherworldly (yet catchy) electronic music.
Oct 23, 2018 Music Launchable Socks’ Quiet Magic Lulls Listeners with its Dreamy, Whimsical Electronica (Review) Joost Kraaijenbrink’s whimsical indietronica sometimes blurs together, but it also contains numerous delights.
Oct 22, 2018 Music Seen and Unseen by The Green Kingdom (Review) A sense of great care and precision always permeates The Green Kingdom’s music.
Oct 22, 2018 Music Shimmer by Gavin Miller (Review) Gavin Miller’s latest mines the same sort of “nostalgist” sound as artists like July Skies and Epic 45.
Oct 22, 2018 Music Still Light by Eternell (Review) If you’re in the mood for music that works best if you just close your eyes and let it drift you away, then this is for you.
Oct 17, 2018 Best of Opus Literature Howard Pyle’s Men of Iron: A Fanciful Coming of Age Story in the Middle Ages (Review) A rousing, strongly principled adventure story that I would’ve loved to read back in 5th grade (but I still enjoyed it as an adult).
Oct 7, 2018 Movies Anime Studio Ponoc’s Mary and the Witch’s Flower Carries on Studio Ghibli’s Delightful Legacy (Review) Mary and the Witch’s Flower could easily be mistaken for a classic Studio Ghibli film, and that’s not a bad thing.
Sep 27, 2018 Movies The Endless by Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead (Review) While frequently billed as a horror movie, that term actually undersells this movie.
Sep 23, 2018 Best of Opus Music Low Tear Their Music Apart on Double Negative, with Stunning Results (Review) Some of the most challenging music of Low’s career, but also some of the most daring, intriguing, and rewarding.
Aug 31, 2018 Music Ogre’s Chairman OST Captivates with Ominous, Haunting Synth Arrangements (Review) The album’s blurred washes of ambience conjure a sense of growing dread — but there’s beauty to be heard, as well.
Aug 25, 2018 Music In Rotation: epic45, mewithoutYou, Petrol Girls, Ruptured World (Review) Nostalgia-laden pastoral post-rock, artistic post-hardcore, raging feminist post hardcore, and a cosmic horror soundtrack.
Aug 25, 2018 Best of Opus Music Old-School Christian Goth & Industrial: The Children of Power, Christian Image, and New Society (Review) These albums are a fascinating glimpse into a realm of Christian music that most people probably never even knew existed.
Aug 8, 2018 Literature S. A. Chakraborty’s Captivating City of Brass Is a Refreshing Fantasy Debut (Review) Chakraborty’s novel finds inspiration in Islamic and Middle-Eastern religion and culture for its exotic world-building.
Jul 27, 2018 Music In Rotation: The Declining Winter, HTRK, Tobias Svensson, Thousand Foot Whale Claw, WMD (Review) Pastoral post-rock, ominous-yet-lovely electronic, contemplative electro-classical, krautrock-inspired cinematic music, and glassy dreampop.