In his biography Space Is the Place, documenting the life, times and boundless dreams of Arkestra leader Sun Ra, John F Szwed described Ra’s vivid presence amid “a cockpit of electronics” at the heart of […]
Actors at the ‘General Hospital’ Fantasy event on Long Island. Photo Credit: Markos Papadatos On October 29, Long Island hosted its last-ever “General Hospital” Fantasy event in Melville, and it was quite bittersweet. In attendance […]
Michael Gwilliam ❘ Published: 2022-10-27T19:21:12 ❘ Updated: 2022-10-27T19:22:50 Jake Paul’s long-awaited return to boxing might be canceled as the Arizona Boxing & MMA Commission meets to determine if Ander Silva can […]
New Resident Evil games are great, but there’s still something about the slow, grimy, and mysterious older entries in the series. There’s a particular mood that comes from the steady pace, rough graphics, and convoluted […]
“Are you Jane?” It’s a question that Chicago housewife Joy (Elizabeth Banks) repeatedly asks, as she calls a number from a flier, is picked up in a car, blindfolded, driven to a nondescript office where […]
It’s the depth of the darkness that spooks Bobby Western, the haunted man at the heart of Cormac McCarthy’s extraordinary new novel. Western works as a salvage diver in the Mexican Gulf, tending to sunken […]
For insomniacs, every night has a turning point. It’s the point where, if you’re still lying awake in bed, something shifts: everybody else in the world seems to be asleep, and you’re left alone with […]
Dry Cleaning’s second album isn’t a radical departure from last year’s outstanding New Long Leg. Florence Shaw still has the laconic, deadpan delivery of someone idly chatting over a garden fence. However, everything is slightly […]
Resident Evil Village’s DLC made me scared of the doorways in my own home. It happened after an intense sequence in Shadows of Rose, the story campaign included with the new Winters’ Expansion. I figured […]
On the Shelf The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop By Jonathan AbramsCrown: 544 pages, $35 If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from […]
When you put Guillermo del Toro’s name on something, it invites certain expectations. Whether he’s making superhero movies or gothic romance stories, the director’s works all share certain sensibilities: a love of outcasts, incredible attention […]
Tanya Tucker first hit the charts in the early 1970s while still a teenager, arriving at the tail end of a wave of powerhouse country divas, such as Loretta Lynn, Lynn Anderson, Dolly Parton and […]
“Take it right down to the sweet Mancunian ground,” instructs Franz Ferdinand frontman Alex Kapranos. Telling the audience to drop before rocketing them back up like a firework by restarting the music is an old […]
To enjoy Gotham Knights you must make peace not just with the death of Batman – slain by an old enemy during the prologue – but with the passing of the Arkham series, perhaps the […]
As most recently proven by the Oscar-nominated Danish picture “Flee,” animation can serve as a vivid portal into events for which no visual record exists other than the memory of those who experienced them. That […]
Black Adam, Warner Bros.’ latest superhero movie based on DC’s comic books, has been in the works ever since the studio first came around on the genuinely inspired idea of casting Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson […]
With a spotlight shining upon him in a crowded LA auditorium, game developer Davide Soliani starts to sob uncontrollably. After years sworn to secrecy, Davide’s dream game is finally being unveiled to the public – […]
So long as there are literate young people trudging their way to school every morning, there’s always going to be an appetite for stories asking “what if the educational system, but magical?” That’s exactly the […]
What does it mean to be a hero? In most tales in the superhero genre, the answer to that question is a black-and-white binary. Reality is much more complicated, as someone’s protector is just as […]
Usher is just a few weeks away from ending the first leg of My Way – The Vegas Residency, and he’s going out on top. More than 5,000 people came from all over the world […]