Reviews of Music, Movies, Anime & More

Zhang Yimou’s entry into the wuxia genre is majestic, stirring, and beautiful. Oh, and it features some kick-ass action sequences, too.

This movie is nothing short of a delight, the kind that gets me giggling like a little schoolgirl every time I think about it.

A truly classic kung fu comedy, with amazing fight choreography and the best slapstick this side of a Jackie Chan film.

They make me remember 1993 when Juliana Hatfield was queen of alternative music and Evan Dando its crown prince.

Clocking in at just under 15 minutes, the efficiency and immediacy of Moving Units is undeniable.

Banhart represents the foolish troubadour from days of yore in a society as secretly rigid as ours.

Blush Music is a collection of music composed for use by the Belgian dance company Ultima Vez.

There’s a quality to Pure Tone Audiometry that plays with your perception of the sounds therein.

Scarlet’s Walk is a much safer album which offers no real surprises.

Panchroma exists somewhere between the worlds of Seefeel and O Yuki Conjugate.

This album will turn any mundane drive to work into an epic journey down the Autobahn.

Though a bit bloated in places, My Morning Jacket’s sophomore album is often a gorgeous blend of country and psychedelia.

Ever so sweet and it will bring a smile to the face of even the most hardened cynic.

A preposterous sequel that offers no real justification for its existence.

It’s hard to make a definite statement about a film so intent on being dreamlike and intangible, on a genre film that’s anything but.

The premise itself, about a man who is slowly dying and the girl that he falls in love with, would seem prone to sappiness.

I think my feelings for Volume Plus Volume are best expressed in a 5-part series of haikus.

Guthrie’s understated blend of pure pop with experimentalism calls to mind the work of Sufjan Stevens.

Jessica Peters balances her electronic and acoustic leanings with considerable skill.