December 2023 Archives

Given that Daniel James Brown’s The Boys in the Boat is one of my wife’s favorite books, it was ine…

Elf is one of those movies that feels impossible to review because of its position in our shared cu…

I didn’t realize until I had finished reading The Sky Vault that it’s actually part of a series. Bu…

The Colorado-based darkwave artist dives headfirst into the song’s dark undercurrents.

19 television series that I’m looking forward to seeing in 2024.

24 movies that I’m looking forward to seeing in 2024.

I feel a little weird trying to review Hayao Miyazaki’s latest because I think it’ll take another v…

When I was in grade school, I was enamored with wilderness adventure stories, particularly ones set…

The new volume focuses on those heady days when the World Wide Web was just beginning to break into mainstream culture.

And it’s nearly doubled their initial goal after just a few days.

I remember the kerfuffle that surrounded Fight Club when it was released back in 1999, with detract…

Back in the early ’90s, my friend Eric ran a bulletin board system (BBS) where I spent hours discus…

Listen to the first single from the band’s sixth studio album, Like Unto Lambs.

Her latest supernatural thriller is so fascinating precisely because of its use of film history, both real and imagined.

This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode are a brief sampling of the classy, sophisticated pop that emerged from the UK in the ’80s.

With its abstract artwork and graceful, evocative sound design, Daar’s Entire evokes entire worlds of beauty.

Highlighting just a little bit of what makes this show so special and memorable, even 40 years after its finale.

I must’ve seen Batman Begins at least three times when it was in the theater. As a comic book nerd,…

Reservation Dogs is usually billed as a comedy, but that doesn’t feel quite right. True, it’s frequ…

With an emotional storyline that hearkens to Godzilla’s past, Godzilla Minus One reboots and rejuvenates cinema’s most iconic monster.