The eternal evolution of Terry Riley’s minimalist masterpiece : NPR

American composer Terry Riley performs in London in 2018.

American composer Terry Riley performs in London in 2018. His groundbreaking work In C helped launch the musical movement called minimalism 60 years ago. Robin Little/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Robin Little/Getty Images Inspiration […]

An Ode to the ‘Venom’ Trilogy, a Deranged Masterpiece of Superhero Cinema

It all started with a lobster tank. During a pivotal scene in Venom, investigative journalist Eddie Brock (played by Tom Hardy) freaks out as an alien parasite (also Hardy) takes up residence in his body—Eddie’s […]

22 Video Games That Rise to the Level of Masterpiece

22 Video Games That Rise to the Level of Masterpiece

Remember when people used to say television rots your brain? Once prestige dramas became a thing, the blame shifted to video games, and initially, that mysterious plurality had logic on their side. In the beginning, video games involved […]

Addison Rae debuts Diet Pepsi song and fans call music video a “masterpiece”

Addison Rae debuts Diet Pepsi song and fans call music video a “masterpiece”

Ethan Dean   ❘   Published: 2024-08-09T06:27:58 Addison Rae continues her foray into music with a new song, Diet Pepsi, and fans are obsessed with the music video. Addison Rae aims to move from topping […]

When Christopher Nolan’s Masterpiece ‘Memento’ Received Poor Response During Initial Screenings: “No One Wanted It…”

Christopher Nolan's Memento

Christopher Nolan’s movie Memento. (Photo Credit – Instagram/IMDb) In 2000, Christopher Nolan’s Mememto blew everyone away. The psychological thriller stars Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss, Jorja Fox, and Joe Pantoliano. It’s the story of a man […]

‘Our music cannot be destroyed’: the duo reviving a macabre Ukrainian masterpiece | Classical music

Distressed by the Nazi occupation … Thomas de Hartmann.

In the National Philharmonic Hall in Warsaw, violinist Joshua Bell and conductor Dalia Stasevska are on an intensely focused mission to get the opening bars of a concerto just right. The work begins with a […]

Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON Is a Moving and Timeless Masterpiece

A man and a woman hug in an open field in Killers of the Flower Moon

Paramount/Apple TV+ Earlier this year, 80-year-old Martin Scorsese told Deadline why he’ll quickly get to work on to his next film rather than take a break after Killers of the Flower Moon. Scorsese said he’s […]

Christine and the Queens: Paranoïa, Angels, True Love review – a grief-stricken masterpiece | Christine and the Queens

Christine and the Queens: Paranoïa, Angels, True Love album artwork

When Christine and the Queens first appeared in the anglophone world in 2015, the name was an alias for Héloïse Letissier: a French artist with an extraordinary line in immaculately cool, obliquely catchy, 80s-flavoured synthpop […]

Leonardo DiCaprio Thinks ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is A Masterpiece

killers of the flower moon

AppleTV/Paramount Leonardo DiCaprio, along with Robert De Niro, has the unique distinction of being a muse for Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest directors to ever live. Despite this fact, though, the two have actually […]

Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro Argue ‘Ratatouille’ and Beaches That Make You Old in an A.I.-Assisted Masterpiece

Joe Rogan and Ben Shapiro Argue ‘Ratatouille’ and Beaches That Make You Old in an A.I.-Assisted Masterpiece

To be clear, these videos are written by Silberberg before he uses A.I. tools to perfectly imitate the voices of Rogan and Shapiro performing the spectacular script. As A.I. and deepfakes further confuse our relationship […]

Could a robot ever recreate the aura of a Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece? It’s already happening | Naomi Rea

Open AI’s representation of ‘A sea otter in the style of Girl With a Pearl Earing by Vermeer’.

This month, the internet was flooded with stunningly ethereal digital art portraits, thanks to the work of the latest artificial intelligence-assisted application to go viral: Lensa. Users uploaded their photographs to the app and then […]

‘If masterpiece means anything, it means Cat’s Cradle’: the Kurt Vonnegut novels everyone should read | Books

Ron Leibman and Michael Sacks in the 1972 film adaptation of Slaughterhouse-Five

The books of Kurt Vonnegut, who was born 100 years ago this Friday, are funny, unflinching, soft-hearted, stark, imaginative and approachable – and just as relevant now as when he published his debut novel 70 […]

Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio review: a dazzling masterpiece on Netflix

Sebastian J. Cricket stands on a twig in the foreground, behind him, bathed in sunset orange, is a pine tree and a small wooden grave marker

This review was published in conjunction with the movie’s premiere at the 2022 BFI London Film Festival. Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio will debut on Netflix in December. From the opening frames of Guillermo del Toro’s […]

Cinematic Connoisseurs Rejoice As 2022 Masterpiece ‘Morbius’ Hits Netflix

Cinematic Connoisseurs Rejoice As 2022 Masterpiece 'Morbius' Hits Netflix

Sony Pictures Similar to an actual vampire, just when you thought they were dead and buried, it turns out they’re alive and better than ever. That is fittingly the case when it comes to Morbius, the […]

Jane Seymour is secret weapon behind Radiohead masterpiece ‘OK Computer’

The cover of "OK Computer."

When Radiohead was making “OK Computer” — its classic album released 25 years ago, on May 21, 1997 — there was, of course, lead singer Thom Yorke fronting the band and longtime producer Nigel Godrich […]