For as much as alt-country has dominated the indie rock zeitgeist in the last couple years, it’s easy to forget that Phoebe Bridgers was essentially her own genre at the start of the pandemic…

A few weeks ago, while I was mindlessly watching Jurassic World for the 20th time, I had the obvious realization that my love for such a bad film could only ever be explained by the dumbest explana…

When David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds came out early last year, it was both invigorating as the year’s first semi-masterpiece while also being a newfound awakening for me towards my growi…

As I was becoming seated for my first viewing of The Odyssey, surrounded by the energy of fellow movie goers with an ingrained faith in the theatrical experience only certain special directors can …

Steven Spielberg revisits themes that defined his early career in a stunning blockbuster packed with action, awe, and optimism.

An idea that’s been floating in my head recently ever since I published my year end list last year is the idea of publishing a separate year end list that would be dedicated to awards outside…

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...According to some guy in Chicago. Plus, 40 more recommended LPs, including every new full-length I wrote about in No Expectations this year.

Last weekend the Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (LALIFF) screened a diverse slate of feature films, both by U.S.

Mad Max: Fury Road is a film I hold in high regard not only because it’s obviously one of the best films of the century, but because it’s one of the few films I can ever remember feelin…

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For the past half decade or so I’ve been working on a playlist project that is basically an exercise in curation where I try to find and listen to all the best music in a given year in order …

Ever since I published my Best Albums of 2025 list I’ve been thinking a lot about my failure to follow up on what was supposed to be a biannual recurrence on this site. Truth be told, I haven…

A few notes on this year’s Series Awards: Pressed for time and already late, I’ve decided to forgo the intro paragraph this year, or at least shorten it and get straight to the point. F…

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Out of all the directors to emerge out of the Covid years, I don’t think anyone gets as much criticism or receives as much scrutiny as Emerald Fennell. Of course, I’m sure that many of …

Is there another novel that crosses borders and eras as smoothly as Emily Brontë’s 1847 classic does?

My first love as a music fan was falling in love with pop punk. Long before I discovered the purity of hardcore, and long before I became lost in the teenage haze of classic rock, I was in love wit…

With the release of Dry Cleaning’s newest album, Secret Love, the English post-punk quartet has gone ahead and claimed the title for being one of smartest and stylish bands with the worst cov…