Four-year-old Kun is an only child — this is, until his parents bring home a baby sister named Mirai (the Japanese word for future) and the boy gets rattled by the new addition to the household. Not much there for a full-length feature film … or so you’d think. Except …
Read More »Leonard Cohen, David Crosby, Miles Davis Docs Lead Sundance 2019 Lineup
A trio of major music documentaries profiling Leonard Cohen, David Crosby and Miles Davis will make their world premiere during the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, scheduled between January 24th and February 3rd, 2019 in Park City and Sundance Mountain Resort, Utah. Cameron Crowe co-produced the A.J. Eaton-helmed David Crosby: Remember …
Read More »Hear Earl Sweatshirt Team With Alchemist for New Song 'E Coli'
Earl Sweatshirt has reunited with producer Alchemist for a deceptively sinister new track, “E Coli.” The song will appear on Alchemist’s upcomingBread EP, which arrives November 30th. “E Coli” finds Alchemist crafting a woozy groove out of swaying strings, plodding drums and a hypnotizing vocal loop. Earl ambles over the …
Read More »Peter Travers on Bernardo Bertolucci: A Provocateur Whose Films Inspire Awe
The first time I met the rabblerousing Italian director Bernardo Bertolucci, he was searching for a word, rubbing two fingers together as if to spark a thought. “I think — how do I put it? — that the word is texture. You know, how a movie feels when you hold …
Read More »The Raw, Rushed Making of '808s & Heartbreak,' Kanye West's Most Influential Album
The producer and songwriter Jeff Bhasker has worked on four albums with Kanye West.808s & Heartbreakwas their first collaboration, and likely the most memorable.“It was probably the easiest Kanye West record that ever got made,” he said. “It flowed the most effortlessly because we basically did it in three weeks.” …
Read More »2018 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade: How to Watch, Who's Performing
For nearly 100 years the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been winding its way through New York City, serving as the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season. This year will mark the 92nd running of the whimsical American tradition, and the lineup features a number of country artists. Here’s everything …
Read More »'Ralph Breaks the Internet' Review: Cautionary Tale Sequel Crosses the Online
It’s a vast dystopic wasteland and a bright neon cosmopolis, one that puts Tokyo and Philip K. Dick’s Hell Ay and Times Square on New Year’s Eve to shame. It’s a seedy place, where a troll lurks underneath every other bridge and within the majority of your mentions. It’s busy …
Read More »'I Never Thought I Was Going to Go to a Concert Again'
Not that you needed the reminder, but the gymnasium floor had its own way of letting you know where you were. Rather than the maple hardwood or vulcanized rubber that one might find in a school or stadium, the basketball court was shellacked concrete. A long, caulked seam ran from …
Read More »Chris Cornell's Son Portrays His Late Father in 'When Bad Does Good' Video
Chris Cornell‘s son Christopher portrays his father in the touching new video for “When Bad Does Good,” the title track off the just-released career-spanning box set that explores the late singer’s work. In the visual, directed by music video great Kevin Kerslake, Christopher Cornell plays a paperboy – an occupation …
Read More »Crowd Boos When Absent Luis Miguel Wins Album of the Year at Latin Grammys
Luis Miguel was awarded Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys for ¡México Por Siempre! But in a bizarre moment, afterthe singer Thalía announced that Miguel was not present to pick up one of the night’s most coveted awards, the crowd started to boo and jeer. Thalía shushed the …
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