“Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play” is a success
By Bridget Starrs | November 16, 2016“You have to hope when hope is senseless, and remember, remember, remember,” sang the cast of a show about a post-apocalyptic world.
“You have to hope when hope is senseless, and remember, remember, remember,” sang the cast of a show about a post-apocalyptic world.
When it comes to the artwork which responds to, re-packages and commodifies American cultures, few can make a greater case for owning 2016 than Donald Glover, who makes music under the alias Childish Gambino.
Despite being the group’s first album in nearly two decades, A Tribe Called Quest’s “We got it from Here... Thank You 4 Your service” feels remarkably current.
“Trompe L’Oeil,” the seventh episode of “Westworld,” begins to answers a few of the shows innumerable cliffhangers and provides a genuinely horrifying final scene.
As the long awaited release of Run the Jewels’ third album approaches, the rap duo teases their fans with new singles, Instagram videos of rough-cuts and near-constant social media engagement.
If and when extraterrestrial beings make contact with humanity, how will Earth go about communicating with its newfound neighbors in space?
Workout tunes, party songs, some very angry breakup music — there are myriad ways to classify the style of Sleigh Bells, but it all boils down to one concept: this band has serious energy.
The first sound on STRFKR’s new album “Being No One, Going Nowhere” is a synthesizer that sounds like it’s straight out of an 80s sci-fi film — quirky and unconventional.
Until the last few minutes of the “Atlanta” finale, Donald Glover, creator of the show and protagonist Earnest “Earn” Marks, grants the audience only this — a lost jacket with an unexpected and increasingly alarming significance.
Produced by Questlove, “The Hamilton Mixtape” will be released this December, featuring a new take on the theatrical soundtrack that details the life of America’s first Secretary of the Treasury.
“Near to the Wild Heart of Life” perfectly captures a restless vivacity of youth, overflowing with energy and pleas to live passionately and recklessly.
“Westworld” has finally returned to the brilliance of its first episode. After the last few episodes distracted the audience from the show’s central questions, this episode begins to answer them.
During its Virginia Film Festival screening at the Violet Crown Cinema Friday, “The Love Witch” seemed at first glance like a throwback in all senses of the word.
From 1970s classics like “The Godfather” and “Taxi Driver” to modern thrillers like “Nightcrawler,” antiheroes have proven to be subjects for compelling drama.
Who cares for you when you can no longer care for yourself? Deirdre Fishel’s documentary “Care” examines this question through the lens of home health care.
If one word could be used to describe Studio Ghibli’s latest animated film, “The Red Turtle,” it would be “flow.”
“A man can't get himself together until he knows who he is, and be proud of what and who he is and where he come from.”
Marvel’s latest superhero adventure, “Doctor Strange,” breaks the mold of superhero films and gives an exciting and humorous look inside a fantasy world.
After premiering in January 2015, the British film “Solitary” made waves in the independent film community.
In a town as musically flourishing as Charlottesville, it is encouraging to see the diverse and enthusiastic presence of hip-hop.