reviews
Bleachers Shakily Tries to Be the Boss on 'Take the Sadness Out of Saturday Night'
PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2021
The trail of desire that leads to Jack Antonoff, writer and producer of some of the biggest pop albums released within the past decade, is...
Prince's 'Welcome 2 America' Is a Fantastic Album He Probably Wouldn't Want You to Hear
PUBLISHED Jul 27, 2021
In the modern music landscape, few things are as polarizing as the posthumous release. Most of the time, unfinished music gets pieced toget...
The Halluci Nation Turn Anti-Colonialism into a Celebratory Dance Party for 'One More Saturday Night'
PUBLISHED Jul 26, 2021
Formalizing the declaration of A Tribe Called Red's 2016 album We Are the Halluci Nation by adopting it as their new name, the Halluci Nati...
'Joe Bell' Is a Tragedy That Can't Quite Humanize Its Own Subjects
Directed by Reinaldo Marcus Green
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021
Joe Bell offers Mark Wahlberg a dramatic turn without doing much to advance the issues it's attempting to tackle. Talking about intentions...
Leon Bridges' 'Gold-Diggers Sound' Is Informed by the Past but Styled for the Now
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021
Somewhere between the 10 p.m. coffees and 10 a.m. tequilas, Leon Bridges found a groove. Recorded during two years' worth of all-night jam...
M. Night Shyamalan's Twists Are Getting 'Old'
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan
PUBLISHED Jul 23, 2021
M. Night Shyamalan has had quite the rollercoaster of a career, with success coming at an early age, with films like The Sixth Sense, Signs...
Erez Zobary Blossoms into Herself on 'To Bloom'
PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2021
For Toronto's Erez Zobary, making music has long been about healing. Working through debilitating vocal nodules and stage fright has all be...
'Escape Room: Tournament of Champions' Delivers Where It Counts
Directed by Adam Robitel
PUBLISHED Jul 22, 2021
The beauty of Adam Robitel's Escape Room: Tournament of Champions is that it barely wastes any time getting right down to the nitty-gritty....