Nov 30, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet The Last Stand by Kim Ji-Woon (2013) Kim Ji-woon established himself as one of South Korea’s top directors in late ’90s and early ’00s t…
Nov 29, 2024 Music Only Hinting by Clinic Stars (Review) The Detroit duo’s unassuming blend of dream pop and slowcore makes for an absolutely haunting and beguiling listen.
Nov 29, 2024 Music “Four Four For All Time” by Soundpool The New York shoegazers’ latest single is their first new music since 2010’s Mirrors In Your Eyes.
Nov 28, 2024 Comics Cultural Diet The Expanse: Dragon Tooth by Andy Diggle, Rubine, and Francesco Pisa (2023) I had one prevailing thought while reading The Expanse: Dragon Tooth: it sure feels good to be back…
Nov 27, 2024 Music Remembering Rioux’s Records The online distributor was instrumental to the development of my musical tastes in the late ’90s and early ’00s.
Nov 27, 2024 Music “Return to the Healing Church” by Young Hierophant Young Hierophant’s final album encompasses krautrock, IDM, church music, and everything in-between.
Nov 26, 2024 TV Cultural Diet Arcane: League of Legends, Season Two (2024) Arcane’s first season deserved any and all acclaim that it received (read my review). Its highly st…
Nov 26, 2024 Movies Review Roundup: Disney’s Moana 2 Critics respond to Disney’s followup to their 2016 hit.
Nov 25, 2024 Music The Most Obscure Band I’ve Ever Written About I’ve been fascinated by Lucid’s music for nearly 30 years now, but I’ll probably never get to hear their catalog in its entirety.
Nov 22, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Sneakers by Phil Alden Robinson (1992) Have you ever started watching a movie and within the first five minutes or so, felt yourself physi…
Nov 22, 2024 Movies Review Roundup: Ridley Scott’s Gladiator II Critics respond to Ridley Scott’s return to ancient Rome.
Nov 20, 2024 Music “Origin” by Studio The Balearic house duo’s debut (and only) album will be reissued early next year.
Nov 19, 2024 Miscellany Some Work From Home Perks Really Can’t Be Beat Working from home is even better with carbs and chocolate.
Nov 18, 2024 Opus News New Subscriber Playlist: “Just the Keys, Please” This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode delve into the beauty of solo piano music.
Nov 16, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet The Childe by Park Hoon-jung (2023) In order to secure funds for his mother’s much-needed operation, a young man tries to track down hi…
Nov 14, 2024 TV Cultural Diet Only Murders in the Building, Season One (2021) When one of their fellow tenants is murdered, three strangers — a retired actor, a washed up Broadw…
Nov 14, 2024 Miscellany The Onion Has Bought Alex Jones’ InfoWars This is the happiest I’ve been since the election.
Nov 14, 2024 Politics Trump’s Tariffs Threaten Artists and Creators A 60% tariff on China won’t help Americans but it will help the image-obsessed Trump look tough to his followers.
Nov 13, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet The Roundup by Lee Sang-yong (2022) After watching Unstoppable, I wanted to experience some more Ma Dong-seok (billed here as Don Lee),…
Nov 12, 2024 Movies Cultural Diet Unstoppable by Kim Min-ho (2018) It’s really quite satisfying to watch Ma Dong-seok (Eternals, Train to Busan) stride and lumber acr…