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Pop Rocks View All

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Wilco — Cruel Country

June 25, 2022
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Florence + the Machine — Dance Fever

June 25, 2022
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The Smile — A Light for Attracting Attention

June 22, 2022

What Would Meek Do? View All

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Leikeli47 — Shape Up

June 25, 2022
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Jack Harlow — Come Home the Kids Miss You

June 22, 2022
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Black Star — No Fear of Time

June 22, 2022

Ledger Line View All

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Flume — Palaces

June 25, 2022
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Belle & Sebastian — A Bit of Previous

June 22, 2022
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Let’s Eat Grandma — Two Ribbons

May 30, 2022

Obscure Object View All

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Sunflower Bean — Headful of Sugar

June 16, 2022
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mxmtoon — Rising

June 9, 2022
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Fontaines D.C. — Skinty Fia

May 16, 2022

Rooted & Restless View All

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Ethel Cain — Preacher’s Daughter

June 25, 2022
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Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder — Get on Board

June 22, 2022
Credit: Jorge Mandujano

Lyle Lovett — 12th of June

June 16, 2022

Foreign Correspondent View All

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SEVENTEEN — Face the Sun

June 14, 2022
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Otoboke Beaver — Super Champon

June 14, 2022
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TWICE | Formula of Love: O+T=<3

December 20, 2021
Louis C.K. has a new movie... for some reason. Pau Louis C.K. has a new movie... for some reason. Paul thinks it's pretty mediocre. "Without C.K.’s involvement, this would have comfortably been the type of film that could reliably premiere at Sundance and be shuttled onto VOD streaming services in a few months time, another whiny, victim-fueled cry from someone nobody cared to hear from." — We're back for more #BAMcinemaFest this year, and our dispatch includes a few films we've already covered, plus new reviews on #TheUnknownCountry, #FernyAndLuca, #100WaysToCrossTheBorder, and a short from Ash Goh Hua. Check it out! — #movie #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #filmcriticism #filmcritics #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #filmcommunity
Today's #KickingtheCanon is an InRO favorite, with Today's #KickingtheCanon is an InRO favorite, with Selina digging into John Carpenter's #TheThing in honor of its 40th anniversary this weekend. "Carpenter walks the knife’s edge of narrative restraint and balls-to-the-wall gore with shivery glee." — But don't forget about We (Nous) from Alice Diop. @1xferokay is on the beat with that one. — #movie #movies #moviereviews #film #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #filmreviews #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity
Well, it feels sort of trivial to talk about movie Well, it feels sort of trivial to talk about movies right now, and as such we're a little behind on Instagram. But we did publish a piece yesterday dissecting P.T. Anderson's 2010s run (in honor of his birthday this weekend). Peep it if you need a distraction from the fact that the U.S. is now 1934 Germany. Byline: @toastyp3ngu1n — @treshongdavis talks #CIVIL, that new #BenCrump flick: "That very tension runs through the heart of CIVIL, which strives to be a personal examination but falls short of striking bedrock. Yet Hallgren’s moving direction rousingly channels Crump’s ethos to uplifting and ultimately winning effect." — Kevin Hart & Woody Harrelson have a movie on Netflix about about them doing some Hart & Harrelson shit. @stevenwarner1980 talks about it: "[#TheManfromToronto is] a light but refreshing blast of mid-summer fun that would play like gangbusters [in theaters.]" — #TheBlackPhone is in theaters. @mollyadams2408 is all in: "After [a deluge] of self-serious horror movies about trauma & family & fill-in-the-blank metaphors, a back-to-basics horror-thriller with a sly visual hook & solid performances is a welcome respite" — #movie #movies #moviereviews #moviecritics #moviecriticism #film #filmreviews #films #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity
#ElvisMovie is out tmrw. Paul calls it "Baz's Malc #ElvisMovie is out tmrw. Paul calls it "Baz's Malcolm X." "Elvis...[chooses] to engage in pure exhibitionism for its own sake... there’s an intensity to the vision here that feels all too lacking in contemporary blockbusters of this size and scale." — With Dispatch 5, our #Tribeca coverage concludes. Visit the link in our bio for takes on #LakotaNationVsUnitedStates, #InHerName, #January, and #MyNameIsAndrea. Bylines: Luke, Daniel, Mitch, & @ayeen.forootan — Peter Strickland's latest, #FluxGourmet, is decidedly not great. "Flux Gourmet’s stiff performance art world satire could use a push past its gross-out faux extremity into something actually horrific." — @krsmello — #film #filmreviews #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #tribecafilmfestival #filmfestivals
We liked Rainer Kohlberger's #AnsweringTheSun so m We liked Rainer Kohlberger's #AnsweringTheSun so much that we decided to sit down and chat about his latest effort, the conceptual framework of his filmography, influences on films, and more! Check out the full interview at the link in bio. — Mohammad Rasoulof's #AManOfIntegrity has finally gotten a US release, and @igorfshman couldn't be happier: "Ostensibly simple foundations ... are molded into something much more profound in Rasolouf’s hands..." — And our penultimate May music roundup, including #JackHarlow, #TheSmile, #BlackStar, and more. — #film #filmreviews #filmcriticism #filmcritics #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #albums #newreleases #albumreviews #musicreviews #experimental
In honor of #PaulMcCartney80 over the weekend, we' In honor of #PaulMcCartney80 over the weekend, we've got a Brendan essay on Sgt. Pepper's, its psychedelic exploration of childhood, and the ultimate question: "were [the Beatles] guiding culture or were they simply reflections of it?" — #TribecaFilmFestival may have wrapped yesterday, but we still have a little more coverage in it. Today's dispatch includes thoughts on Jon-Sesrie Guff's #AfterSherman, Alex Thompson's #Rounding, Rebeca Huntt's #Beba & more! One more dispatch coming this week! — #TheWitch2 is a little overdone, but still a clinic on what American blockbuster cinema could be. — #movie #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #tribeca
#Pixar's latest, inevitable #ToyStory entry is her #Pixar's latest, inevitable #ToyStory entry is here. @stevenwarner1980 says its no better or worse than the studio's recent spate of mid films: "Works best in its first half...[which] feels novel in comparison to the tired clichés peddled in [its] back-half." — Meanwhile, #Spiderhead is more than a disappointment. "...the end result is as flavorless as any dull, A24-branded, allegedly “elevated” genre fare. It’s pretty. It’s sometimes wryly funny. It’s trite." @colonelmortimer — "Jerry and Marge Go Large isn’t much for challenging viewers, but for the inclined, it’s quite successful at working its way into the heart’s soft spots with a warm touch and appealing sincerity." says @ayeen.forootan on #JerryAndMargeGoLarge — And it wouldn't be a Friday without #KickingTheCanon. From Daniel, on #HowardHawks #Hatari! — #movie #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #filmcriticism #filmcritics #cinema #filmcommunity #cinephile #cinephilecommunity
#Tribeca Round 2, including: #Sophia, #NakedGarden #Tribeca Round 2, including: #Sophia, #NakedGardens, #Attachment, and more from @mollyadams2408, @stevenwarner1980, @misterminsoo, plus anti-Instagrammers Luke, Daniel, and Mitchell. — Then we've got @stevenwarner1980 pulling triple duty, with thoughts on #ChaChaRealSmooth (pro), the new #FatherOfTheBride (eh), and #BrianAndCharles (mostly pro). — #movies #movie #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity
We had a lot of content yesterday, so our #kicking We had a lot of content yesterday, so our #kickingthecanon comes a day late. But it's worth it. Ryan talks Stanley Kubrick's Lolita in honor of the film's 60th anniversary yesterday: "[Holds a] quietly pivotal place in [Kubrick's] oeuvre." — #MadGod is coming to @Shudder later this week. @morrisycy took on @madphilg's beautiful work a while back: "Tippett’s labor of love [offers] nothing less than a ravishing sensory experience of lurid phantasmagoria" — Our first album roundup for May '22 has arrived and features takes on excellent new records from @saythename_17 and @otobokebeaver, and more mixed-pro offerings from #ArcadeFire, #LiamGallagher, & @mxmtoon. — #movie #movies #moviereviews #film #filmreviews #filmcritics #filmcriticism #filmcommunity #cinema #cinephile #cinephilecommunity #newreleases #lolita #albumreviews #musicreviews

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