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'Bye Bye Tiberias' Finds Sweetness and Strength Amidst Palestine's Struggle
Directed by Lina Soualem
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024
Bye Bye Tiberias, director Lina Soualem's second feature, tells the journey of four generations of women in the filmmaker's family, includi...
Ava DuVernay Probes the True 'Origin' of Racism
Directed by Ava DuVernay
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024
From the murder of George Floyd to the anti-Asian fearmongering during the pandemic, a social reckoning around racism was jumpstarted in 20...
'I.S.S.' Smartly Orbits Sci-Fi Tropes Without Getting Lost in Space
Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024
After hearing the three customary Russian knocks establishing a warm welcome (or perhaps superstition), we're introduced to the Internation...
Hot Garbage Stake Their Claim with 'Precious Dream'
PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024
For the past decade or so, there have been four bands heading the sooty psych rock battlements; the Black Angels, Osees, Frankie and the Wi...
Dan Boeckner Can't "Lose" with His Cathartic Synth-Rock
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PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024
Dan Boeckner has shifted through various projects throughout the years, but he's always moved along the same sonic continuum. Whether he wa...
Eliza McLamb Demythologizes Girlhood on 'Going Through It'
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024
Most people probably love illuminati hotties at their most wonky and unhinged, but I've always appreciated their ability to exercise restra...
'Self Reliance' Doesn't Buy Into Its Own Premise
Directed by Jake Johnson
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024
A film about mental health can be funny, if it's handled well — What About Bob, Brain Candy and Nurse Betty immediately come to mind. What...
Green Day Hit a Late-Career High on 'Saviors'
PUBLISHED Jan 18, 2024
What needs to be said about Green Day at this point? Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt and Tré Cool are the multi-million-selling post-Nirva...