If there’s one word that could be used to describe the music of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, it would be intense. The Australian band has been enchanting fans and collecting worldwide...
“How could you do the job if you hadn’t been an actor?” is what Ronald Reagan claims he often wondered (when asked by David Brinkley if anything he learned as a thesp was applicable to...
Few things baffle and dismay me like the big budget film industry. With that said, I’m about to share a very unpopular opinion, and I would advise those who think Wonder Woman is above...
Since the trailers for the next Star Trek series, Star Trek: Discovery, hit the Internet, I’ve been transfixed. Frankly, I’ve been giddy. To cut to what Twitter, critics, bloggers, and Trekkies...
Injustice seemed to be a running theme during the 20th anniversary edition of the always-stellar Full Frame Documentary Film Festival (April 6-9) down in Durham, NC. Which seemed quite fitting...
Note: This review discusses major spoilers for the first three episodes of The Handmaid’s Tale; the articles linked in this review also discuss spoilers. Critical and reader praise for...
Note: This review contains mild spoilers for the first seven episodes of MST3K: The Return. Following a successful Kickstarter campaign and an outpouring of fan support from around the...
“Mu isamaa on minu arm.” The unofficial national anthem of Estonia translates as “Land of my fathers, land that I love.” It began as a poem written by Estonian poet, Lydia Koidula,...
The upcoming American film Crazy Rich Asians has recently announced some early casting choices for what the producers have said will be an “all-Asian” cast. Among them are Constance Wu (of Fresh...
If the “Great American songbook” is by now a cliché, and musicians making standards albums is even more so, then Diamanda Galas’s two new albums are a metaphorical tearing up—and...
