One of the biggest challenges in video game preservation is figuring out how to actually present old games. In 2022, there are more ways than ever to play the classics, whether it’s mini consoles, updated […]
“Spirited,” the umpteenth screen incarnation of Charles Dickens’ evergreen “A Christmas Carol,” is such an amusing, buoyant and good-natured entertainment that it’s not hard to forgive this flashy musical-comedy-fantasy’s missteps. Grinchy viewers, however, may sing […]
If you’ve ever rearranged the dishwasher to ensure the plates are in size order, or been tempted to reorganise your bookshelf by colour, then you will instantly get the appeal of A Little to the […]
Six years ago, when Netflix debuted a plush, true-ish drama about the British royal family, it was a period saga set in the half-forgotten past, and a production with a direct link to modern times: […]
I have been searching far and wide for a budget gaming laptop that I could recommend for shoppers looking in the sub-$800 range. I was hoping and praying that the HP Victus 15 — which […]
There are few places to hide on a solo piano record. The often fragile and expressive format has been a gauntlet for some of music’s great improvisers, including Abdullah Ibrahim on 2021’s Solotude and Keith […]
As the MC announces that we are to meet “the king of African pop” before Youssou N’Dour comes on stage, this still seems to underplay the history and importance of the most celebrated and influential […]
Despite starring Toni Collette and featuring a conniving family with designs on a relative’s will, the black comedy ‘The Estate’ is no ‘Knives Out.’ Share This Article
Ali Abbasi’s ambitious follow-up to his Oscar-nominated ‘Border’ tackles the real-life story of one of Iran’s most notorious murderers. Share This Article
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It sucks when you wake up the next day back at home after a music festival. Picture this. You coordinated with ideal friends to get off work early, what sets to see, and who the […]
In 2018’s superb reboot of God of War, we followed retired Spartan god-killer Kratos and his son Atreus on an epic journey to the tallest peak in the nine realms of Norse mythology, on a […]
The filmmaking duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been wowing science-fiction and horror connoisseurs for over a decade now, with offbeat indie projects like “Spring,” “The Endless” and “Synchronic.” Their latest, the spooky […]
The filmmaking duo of Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead have been wowing science-fiction and horror connoisseurs for over a decade now, with offbeat indie projects like “Spring,” “The Endless” and “Synchronic.” Their latest, the spooky […]
John Adams’s Nixon in China, first performed in 1987, is usually regarded as launching the concept of “CNN opera”: music-theatre works that dealt with contemporary events and recent history, often with protagonists who were still […]
John Adams’s Nixon in China, first performed in 1987, is usually regarded as launching the concept of “CNN opera”: music-theatre works that dealt with contemporary events and recent history, often with protagonists who were still […]
It’s kind of fascinating that most of the more than 1,100 characters introduced in the One Piece franchise fall into two groups. The World Government — the tyrannical, repressive global regime that dominates the franchise’s […]
Great true stories about space exploration don’t come around too often anymore. Our pop cultural representations about NASA’s achievements (or failures) tend to be period pieces and retreads of the greatest hits. But the new […]
Chilean director Sebastián Lelio’s solidly engrossing new film, “The Wonder,” is set in post-famine 19th-century Ireland, which aligns with the trappings of its source material — “Room” author Emma Donoghue’s 2016 novel. That sounds obvious, […]
In 1993, Bob Dylan released World Gone Wrong, an album of cover versions of what might be called pre-modern songs by some of the early blues and folk performers that he revered. Dylan’s sleeve notes […]
Out of all the livestreams that rock bands offered fans during the pandemic, Puscifer’s Existential Reckoning: Live at Arcosanti was certainly one of the best. The group went all out in putting together an enthralling […]