reviews
'Summer of Soul' Is a Political Snapshot Wrapped Up in a Concert Film
Directed by Questlove
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021
In the summer of 1969, hundreds of thousands of people gathered in New York for a celebration of love, music and countercultural activism....
The Go! Team's 'Get Up Sequences Part One' Is a Reminder That Twee Indie Kids Need Pump-Up Jams Too
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021
Twee indie folks enjoy sports too, and that's always been the Go! Team's niche, since their music sounds like Jock Jams for Belle and Sebas...
'The Holy Game' Misses the Goal
Directed by Brent Hodge and Chris Kelly
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021
The last time we saw a Catholic underdog playing sports it was Rudy. And he was a likable guy, right? This time around we have The Holy Gam...
LOONY Is Both the Sun and the Breeze on 'soft thing' EP
PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2021
It's been more than a year since Scarborough singer LOONY dropped her JOYRiDE EP. Her follow-up, soft thing, proves that the time between p...
I M U R's Pop Hedonism Has Depth on 'My Molecules'
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2021
On My Molecules, I M U R singer Jenny Lea often sound like she's given up. The songs are full of Lea's stories of co-dependency and self-me...
Amazon Prime's 'Panic' Isn't Intense Enough to Live Up to Other Dark Teen Dramas
Created by Lauren Oliver
PUBLISHED Jun 25, 2021
Amazon's dark teen drama Panic — about a small Texas town where teens secretly compete in a high-risk competition to win a small fortune th...
Iliza Schlesinger's Rom-Com 'Good on Paper' Will Scare You Off Dating Entirely
Directed by Kim Gatewood
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021
It's billed as a romcom, but comedian Iliza Schlesinger's Good on Paper, directed by Kim Gatewood, is more in the vein of an anti-romantic...
Doja Cat Shows Off a World of Range on 'Planet Her'
PUBLISHED Jun 24, 2021
Doja Cat is in a league — or, in this case, on a planet — of her own. If it wasn't already obvious after the acclaim she's received from he...