reviews
'Severance' Brings r/antiwork to Life in a Thrilling Workplace Nightmare
Directed by Ben Stiller
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2022
In theory, the idea of a brain chip that separates your work self from your home self doesn't actually sound all that bad. It certainly wou...
Big Thief's 'Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You' Is Their Grandest Masterpiece Yet
PUBLISHED Feb 7, 2022
It feels like Big Thief were born with the keys to the castle gripped tightly in their fists. The band's imperial phase — that untouchable...
'Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché' Shows Why the X-Ray Spex Singer Belongs on the Punk Rock Mount Rushmore
Directed by Celeste Bell and Paul Sng
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2022
If there's a Punk Rock Mount Rushmore, many would argue that Poly Styrene's face belongs there with the likes of Strummer and MacKaye. She...
'Murderville' Can't Quite Solve the Mystery of Great Improv
Created by Krister Johnson
PUBLISHED Feb 4, 2022
For all the heavy prestige TV dramas audiences have been treated to in recent years, sometimes mindless entertainment with famous celebs is...
Saba Exhibits Musical Passion and Progress on 'Few Good Things'
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022
Saba's clear love for rapping, and rap music in general, is felt in his therapeutic, diaristic writing. 2018's Care For Me was filled with...
On 'Requiem,' Korn's Emotional Heft Comes Too Little, Too Late
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022
Despite being part of the nu metal moment, Korn's defining mood has never been anger, but absolute sadness. When they lean into it, they ma...
'Jackass Forever' Is Oddly Beautiful
Directed by Jeff Tremaine
PUBLISHED Feb 3, 2022
Sometimes, things never change — and in the case of the Jackass gang, that's a great thing. With these guys, it's pretty much of a case of,...
Black Country, New Road Still Soar Above Their Peers on 'Ants from Up There'
PUBLISHED Feb 2, 2022
With last year's For the First Time, youthful and hypercharged UK septet Black Country, New Road rode a wave of accolades that swept them o...