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Future Islands Continue Toward Their Destination on 'People Who Aren't There Anymore'

PUBLISHED Jan 22, 2024

The band’s seventh album is an often excellent effort containing moments that see Future Islands really crystallize as its best self...

'The Teachers' Lounge' Challenges Viewers with Thrilling Lessons

Directed by İlker Çatak

PUBLISHED Jan 19, 2024

It's difficult to stand on the sands of truth when the waters of assumption erode the ground beneath our feet — a lesson Carla Novak (Leoni...

'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...