Feb 29, 2024 Technology Bluesky Now Supports Hashtags A welcome addition, and one less reason to keep using X/Twitter.
Feb 29, 2024 Movies Review Roundup: Denis Villeneuve’s Dune: Part Two Critics respond to the second installment in Denis Villeneuve’s adaptation of Frank Herbert’s sci-fi classic.
Feb 28, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory by Mel Stuart (1971) Quite a few years have passed since my last viewing of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, so …
Feb 26, 2024 Literature Cultural Diet A Quantum Love Story by Mike Chen (2024) As with Gabrielle Zevin’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, I can absolutely understand why peo…
Feb 26, 2024 Technology Mourning Apple’s 27-inch iMac It really was the perfect computer for my needs. And alas, it’s no more.
Feb 26, 2024 Music The Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus Announce The Dream We Carry The experimental folk outfit’s sixth studio album will be their first release in four years.
Feb 23, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Winners & Sinners by Sammo Hung (1983) Although Jackie Chan pops up throughout the film as a bumbling cop whose zeal for justice (and roll…
Feb 22, 2024 Music “The Dream of Delphi” by Bat for Lashes Natasha Khan’s upcoming album was deeply influenced by the birth of her first child in 2020.
Feb 22, 2024 Music “Mahal” by Glass Beams The Melbourne trio’s trippy instrumental music is influenced by traditional and classical Indian music.
Feb 20, 2024 Music Portishead Announces Details for Roseland NYC Live 25th Anniversary Edition The trip-hop legends announce updated physical editions of their 1998 live album.
Feb 18, 2024 Comics Cultural Diet Onibi by Atelier Sentô (2018) Earlier this month, I read — and thoroughly enjoyed — Atelier Sentô’s Festival of Shadows, which in…
Feb 17, 2024 Best of Opus Technology Bluesky Is Finally Open for Everyone. Here’s What You Should Know. The decentralized social network will feel very familiar to X/Twitter users. That’s both good and bad.
Feb 17, 2024 Opus News New Subscriber Playlist: “The Beat Goes On” This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode is a collection of beat tapes, chillhop, and other vibes.
Feb 14, 2024 Literature Cultural Diet The Justice of Kings by Richard Swan (2022) For better or worse, most fantasy is fairly British in nature. (Blame it on Tolkien.) What initiall…
Feb 14, 2024 Music “Green & Glass” by Unleash the Archers The Canadian power metallers return with a new AI-inspired album.
Feb 14, 2024 Music “Southbound Formations” by Poemme (Meydän Remix) The French producer remixes one of my favorite ambient albums of all time.
Feb 13, 2024 Music Void Rituals by Ruptured World (Review) Alistair Rennie’s latest album of dark ambience avoids the genre’s clichés thanks to its diverse sonic shades and forlorn musicality.
Feb 12, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Triple Threat by Jesse V. Johnson (2019) Given that it stars a veritable “Who’s Who” of modern action stars — e.g., Tony Jaa, Tiger Chen, Ik…
Feb 12, 2024 Comics Atelier Sentô Invites Readers to the Tokyo Mystery Café The French duo’s latest work follows an aspiring manga artist who becomes embroiled in a bizarre mystery in Tokyo’s Akihabara district.
Feb 11, 2024 Movies 88 Films Announces 4K Reissue of Jet Li’s Fist of Legend And just in time for the film’s 30th anniversary.