Cocodrillo Turbo is one of Bronson’s finest releases in some time, managing to finesse the more challenged elements of other recent releases. Action Bronson arrived…
Two Ribbons is a project that opens up new possibilities for Let’s Eat Grandma, not yet perfected but still showcasing smart lyricism and musicality. Let’s…
Like The Slim Shady LP before it, Eminem’s fourth and arguably most enduring album The Eminem Show is receiving a very big, very deluxe…
A favorite at Cannes for several years now, self-styled arthouse rockstar Albert Serra has had a dependable home at the festival since his (narrative)…
Stardust is something of a reset for Lean, showcasing the rapper’s facility with various styles and successful, mode-switching collabs. While many would love to deny…
Deception should have been prime, loopy material for Desplechin, but instead remains frustratingly staid, only occasionally capturing the spark of his more personal material.…
Post-Dardenne social realism all too often functions as safe-enough filler material for international film fest lineups, but director Kim Se-in rather confidently finds her…
Skin offers a refinement on Ho99o9’s particular style, but doesn’t move beyond that mode of genre synthesis to anything more substantial. Committed to the…
For some time, and even still, the accepted critical narrative regarding Spike Lee’s 25th Hour positioned the film as one of the significant peaks…
Crest is a proper Drain Gang victory lap, casting the rappers as dueling new-age pop stars trading verses over expansive, unfixed melodies. If there…
Beginning life as a multimedia installation mixing sculpture, film, and paper archival documents, Éric Baudelaire’s When There Is No More Music to Write project…
Clocking in at 84 minutes, Once Twice Melody retains Beach Houses’ incredible knack for wistful pop melody. While any number of their contemporaries have stumbled and faded,…
Requiem maintains Korn’s reliable floor, even as the record feels notably too safe. A remarkably consistent band, all things considered, Korn is still with us…
Panama is a muddled and befuddling film, offering a few choice Neveldine aesthetic choices but otherwise exhibiting a confused embrace of cliché. Intended as a…
Early Safdie producer and longtime Schulman/Joost collaborator Casey Neistat is more widely famous for his YouTube-based vlogs (subscribed to by 12.4 million individuals) and…
By all accounts, Jane by Charlotte seems to be a therapeutic exercise, but for outside viewers, it’s a languidly paced and essentially shapeless film. Released…
Donda 2 is an essential Ye album even in its likely unfinished form, taking his curative, experimental approach to record-making to its most thrilling…
A Madea Homecoming offers conclusive evidence that Perry’s work as a (melo)dramatist is, at this point, far superior to his comedic endeavors. With 47 directorial…