“The Big Short” turns the 2008 housing market crash into a thoughtfully sharp, all-star film.
Movie violence can be exhilarating. Classic films like “Fight Club" and “A Clockwork Orange” are riveting in their depravity.
Oscars season is back, and this year looks like one of the craziest in recent memory. While several categories have clear front-runners and others like Best Actor may be all locked up, several top prizes are still uncertain.
The December 18 release of Cage the Elephant’s fourth album, “Tell Me I’m Pretty,” was the best early Christmas present any ardent fan of the indie-rock band could have asked for.
In 2012, a nearly fatal bus accident left Baroness’s future seemingly in shambles. The band has since fully recovered, although not without replacing their bassist and drummer, and for the first time since the accident are releasing a new album, “Purple.” The album’s gorgeous artwork points towards what this LP is about.
The year 2015 came and went, but it’s not too late to take stock of the great movies shown to the world in the past 12 months.
In 1929 in Melbourne, Australia, the “new woman” profile is flourishing. Jazz and whiskey are flowing in equal parts.
The wait is finally over, and it was all worth it in the end. “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” aces in reviving the feel of the classic original trilogy while setting a course for the future.
The scene was quintessentially theatrical. One hundred and fifty Intro to Drama students were packed into the lobby of the Ruth Caplin Auditorium, frantically preparing for their final exam—a performance.
After most of the violence played out in last week’s penultimate episode of “Fargo,” the finale takes a much quieter approach, giving each character a satisfying wrap-up.
With the most scripted shows on record, television has been over-stuffed in 2015. Yet in a year so crowded with the incredible television, Amazon had a trick up its sleeve.
Miley Cyrus’s latest album, “Miley Cyrus & Her Dead Petz,” presents the artist’s uncensored stream of consciousness, a refreshing, interesting, and raunchy work.
Going into the second season of TV series “Fargo,” there was the question of how writers would move on from the source material offered by the movie.
2015 was an incredible year in television. As streaming services like Hulu and Amazon continued to expand with their original content, the broadcast networks continued to struggle to find their footing.
Don’t waste your holiday time or money on “Sisters,” a sad attempt at familial comedy starring Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.
After the slower, character driven episodes of the last two weeks, ninth episode, “The Castle,” features the climatic violence that has been building all season.
There was a rather unique set of expectations when the leader of the Catholic Church announced an album earlier this fall.
If there is thought-provoking state, it is North Dakota — the consistent geographical muse of Brooklyn garage-rock band Parquet Courts.
“My Name is Rachel Corrie” is a compilation of the words of American activist Rachel Corrie, written as she lived and worked in the Gaza Strip in Palestine.
Aesop Rock, born Ian Matthias Bavitz, has long been heralded as one of indie-rap’s gems since his introduction to the rap scene in 1997.
