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Poppy Digs Into the Entire Rock Canon at Once on 'FLUX'
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2021
Poppy has changed her musical style. Again. When Poppy introduced herself to the world with debut album Poppy.Computer in 2017, the sing...
'Sex Education' Season 3 Is Starting to Go Limp but Still Has a Lot of Heart
Created by Laurie Nunn
PUBLISHED Sep 22, 2021
For the last couple years, Sex Education has been the cutest show on Netflix to feature graphic talk about dick size, anal douching and ext...
Mas Aya's 'Máscaras' Is a Rewarding Sonic Revolution
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021
How do you touch the present? That might have been the single question guiding Brandon Valdivia's newest Mas Aya record, Máscaras ("Masks")...
Ada Lea Magnifies the Little Details on 'one hand on the steering wheel the other sewing a garden'
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021
That neighbour on the corner — the one that's seen you stumble home seasick in the wee hours of the morning, that's watched quietly as you...
'Blue Bayou' Exposes the Cruelty of American Deportation Law
Directed by Justin Chon
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021
In the last 4 years, director and writer Justin Chon has created films that shine a spotlight on the darker, grittier side of the Asian-Ame...
'The Other Tom' Is a One-Note Look at a Complex Issue
Directed by Rodrigo Plá and Laura Santullo
PUBLISHED Sep 21, 2021
Tom (Israel Rodríguez Bertorelli) is a wayward, rambunctious little boy and a handful to his single mother Elena (Julia Chávez). A perennia...
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine Are a Musical Match Made in Heaven on 'A Beginner's Mind'
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2021
Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine each make susurrant music that's rich with heart and striking imagery. De Augustine has released thr...
'The Humans' Makes Thanksgiving Seem Like a Horror Movie
Directed by Stephen Karam
PUBLISHED Sep 20, 2021
At a time when the outlook of having a big family get-together doesn't seem safe, we are invited to the Blake family Thanksgiving. Adapted...