Mann is a cops-and-robbers philosopher with a camera…
‘The Witch’ could stand to trim some fat off this sacrifice.
Horror continues to be the right move if you want to add heat to the existing Salem-story kettle, but there’s almost no anxious ecstasy, here.
‘Fear Street 1994’ lights a trilogy with a wink and a stab.
For a movie to be this tight, focused, and impactful is a rarity that always deserves celebration — even weekly.
‘Joker’ is its best self on HBO Max.
‘Joker’ is a corrective film, undoing the character’s magnetism in ‘The Dark Knight’ and condemning anarchism in the most damning of ways for young men: it makes them look weak.
Frank Ocean, giving credit where credit’s due: “the Melody Allusion”
Frank lifts an occasional melody as if by flutter.
Dine-in tonight: ‘Coherence’ is a sci-fi horror delight streaming on Hulu and Prime.
‘Coherence’ seems to play chemistry in a part of your brain that’s reserved for existential stretching — which, for most of us goes unmoved — and it tugs.
‘Drag Me to Hell’ on Peacock is fun for most of the family.
Jesus spoke not a word about Hell, so the filmmakers had to mad-lib some things — but the end result is a popcorn-munching blast.
The story of Janet Jackson’s ‘Rhythm Nation 1814’ — the greatest feat in pop music history.
This March, the Library of Congress announced it was adding the album its registry — an overdue honor.
Song Unions: Kelis, “Acapella;” Robyn & Röyksopp “Monument”
The songs explode with kaleidoscopic debris.
Song Unions: Eight Degrees of Space, from Lil Uzi Vert to The Police.
We go on a deep-space adventure and find our way around the universe and back to Earth on the other side. Warped, we ride.
