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Film + TVFilm Review
“The Last Showgirl”: A Star Is Reborn

Gia Coppola’s new Pamela Anderson–led feature is much more than just a meditation on aging under harsh stage lights—although it is undeniably also that.

January 16, 2025
Film + TVFilm Review
Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer” Is, Expectedly, an Indulgent Trip

The Challengers director’s second film of 2024 brings a much needed excess of style, humor, and sexuality to an otherwise tepid William S. Burroughs adaptation.

December 10, 2024
EssayFilm + TV
Time Is a Flat Circle: “True Detective” Season One at 10

Revisiting the profundity and shortcomings of the bayou-soaked buddy-cop crime-drama a decade later.

October 08, 2024
Track by Track
Hippo Campus Take Us Deeper Into New LP “Flood”

The Minnesota-based indie-pop quartet walk us track by track through their impeccably titled fourth record, out now via Psychic Hotline.

September 27, 2024
Film + TVFilm Review
Raw, Real, Ruthless: “MaXXXine” Has Arrived

The final installment of Ti West’s slasher trilogy features moments of grotesquery, spectacle, and levity—but most importantly, it’s damn fun to watch.

July 08, 2024
In Conversation
Still Woozy on the Relationships That Helped Form “Loveseat”

With his second album out now, Sven Gamsky talks collaboration, fame, and knowing when a song’s reached its final form.

July 05, 2024
Art & Culture
10 Comedians to Catch at Netflix Is a Joke Festival 2024

Descending upon LA this Thursday and running through May 12, here’s a guide to some of the hidden gems among the event’s lineup.

April 30, 2024
Essay
Hold Your Horses: A Brief History of Popular Black Country Music Ahead of “Cowboy Carter”

With Beyoncé’s yeehaw era launching this week, we explore the genre’s long-suppressed and -overwritten history of Black performance.

March 28, 2024
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