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Parallel Mothers is Pedro Almodóvar’s most muted and sad film, haunted by Franco and the pandemic.
Progressives are obsessed with his vaccination status, and happy he lost to the 49ers.
Wander around Glen Oaks, Hollis Hills, and Hillcrest and see what’s out there.
“Hap” and praying for an angry God.
For Žižek, communism isn’t a solution, but a way of analyzing our current problems.
A 1971 Playboy interview with John Wayne vs. A 1969 National Jazz Archive interview with Miles Davis.
The fates of Ivan and Jermaine, two old friends.
Bruno Dumont’s France is a social satire that gets under your skin over time instead of hitting you over the head.
War, policing, and big spending by any other name.
They're not really taking over women's sports.
Give Americans stuck in the virus swamp money.
The overwhelming power of Robert Mitchum in Charles Laughton's masterpiece, The Night of the Hunter (1955).
The designer may collude but need not conspire, because it’s no secret that the designer lies to the public and condescends to the people.
Wood’s Final Curtain (and perhaps his entire output) redefines the essence of what a narrative movie is and should be.
Plus, Desi and his arc.
It's a wonder we're so screwed up.
A review of the new album The Boy Named If, in the form of a personal essay.
The resurrection of Sex and the City is a failure.
What will it mean for the Little Russian porn industry?
Sonny Rollins’ Way Out West and the joy of Western bop.
Many Americans have a misunderstanding of the separation of church and state.
Both Resident Evil and Left4Dead 2 feel especially relevant in the wake of Covid.
Featuring Jane Campion, Pedro Almodóvar, Kenneth Branagh, Guillermo Del Toro, Asghar Farhadi, and Reinaldo Marcus Green.
A recent program on the Federal Reserve's reaction to the coronavirus pandemic.
From an episode of The Joe Rogan Experience recorded in July 2020.
The second single and music video from the band's new album Time Skiffs, out February 4 on Domino Records.
A segment from The Katie Halper Show.
The third of four parts of the Baltimore band's new album.
1978 album by both experimental music legends.
From April 21, 2000, during the tour for Smith's penultimate album, Figure 8.
Promoting the film Give My Regards to Broad Street.
The Jacobin Show, featuring Amber A'Lee Frost, Daniel Bessner, and Ross Barkan.
From a CBC interview in 2015.