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The Best Film Festivals Worth Attending as a Fan
Sundance in Park City, Utah, remains the premier festival for discovery.
Alex Sterling · 2024-11-04
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How Ice Spice Changed the Sound of New York Rap
When Ice Spice's Munch dropped in 2022, it was immediately clear that something had shifted in New York rap.
Nina Vasquez · 2024-11-04
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How Sault Made the Most Mysterious Albums of the Decade
Sault does not do interviews.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-11-03
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Why Astro Bot Proved Platformers Still Matter
When Team Asobi released Astro Bot in September 2024, the gaming discourse was dominated by live-service shutdowns and open-world fatigue.
Nina Vasquez · 2024-11-03
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Why the Penguin Was the Best Comic Book Show in Years
HBO's The Penguin did something radical with the comic book genre: it made a show about a supervillain that felt more like The Sopranos than the MCU.
Max Calloway · 2024-11-02
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The 10 Best Art House Cinemas in America
The Metrograph on the Lower East Side of Manhattan is the gold standard.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-11-02
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The 10 Best Film Soundtracks of the Last Five Years
Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross reshaped what film scoring could sound like, and their work on Challengers might be their peak.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-11-01
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How Sabrina Carpenter Became Pop's Most Charming Troll
Sabrina Carpenter spent years as a Disney Channel actress and minor pop curiosity before 2024 turned her into one of music's most entertaining figures.
Jordan Blake · 2024-11-01
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How Mac DeMarco Made Slacker Rock an Entire Lifestyle
Mac DeMarco did not just make music.
Alex Sterling · 2024-10-31
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Why Monument Valley 3 Proves Mobile Games Can Be Art
When ustwo Games released the original Monument Valley in 2014, it reframed what a phone game could be.
Jordan Blake · 2024-10-31
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Why the Art House Cinema Isn't Dying, It's Evolving
Every few years, someone publishes an obituary for art house cinema.
Sophie Chen · 2024-10-30
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The Best Gaming Headsets That Don't Look Ridiculous
The gaming headset market has a design problem.
Nina Vasquez · 2024-10-30
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The 10 Best Nonfiction Books for Understanding the Modern World
If you want to understand why the world feels like it is accelerating toward chaos, start with Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens.
Ethan Park · 2024-10-29
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How Chappell Roan Went from Unknown to Ubiquitous
In 2023, Chappell Roan was playing to half-empty rooms on a support tour.
Jordan Blake · 2024-10-29
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How Hidetaka Miyazaki Became the Most Important Game Director Alive
Hidetaka Miyazaki's influence on video games is so pervasive that an entire genre bears his creative fingerprint.
Nina Vasquez · 2024-10-28
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Why Every Guy Should Watch at Least One Wong Kar-wai Film
Wong Kar-wai makes films about loneliness, desire, and missed connection that are simultaneously the most stylish and most emotionally honest things in cinema.
Alex Sterling · 2024-10-28
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Why the Return of Physical Media Isn't Just Nostalgia
Physical media sales are rising for the first time in over a decade.
Sophie Chen · 2024-10-27
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The Best Photo Essays of 2024
The photo essay remains one of journalism's most powerful formats: visual narratives that communicate truths words alone cannot capture.
Alex Sterling · 2024-10-27
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The 10 Best Podcasts That Started in 2024
The podcast landscape is oversaturated, but 2024 still produced shows that cut through the noise with genuine originality, sharp production, and perspectives that justify their existence in an already crowded medium.
Ryan Okafor · 2024-10-26
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How Central Cee Became the Biggest Rapper Outside the US
Central Cee went from releasing music on GRM Daily to becoming the most streamed UK rapper globally in under three years.
Leo Marchetti · 2024-10-26