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Review: All Is Lost (Chandor, 2013)

Erik Anderson October 30, 2013

Cinematically speaking, there are few places more moving, more honestly heartbreaking than on the big screen with a lone character struggling to survive. To be... Read More

Lady Gaga: Behind the Aura, the Artifice, and the ARTPOP

Erik Anderson October 28, 2013

I think time will be kind to Lady Gaga’s Born This Way. Critical favor has a tendency to wax and wane, and after initially... Read More

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of October 28, 2013

Erik Anderson October 28, 2013

What Zac Nuccio is listening to this week… –Planningtorock vs. The Knife / “Let’s Talk About Gender Baby, Let’s Talk About You + Me” I confess,... Read More

Review: The Counselor (Ridley Scott, 2013)

Vincent Smetana October 26, 2013

I had read Cormac McCarthy’s script for The Counselor earlier this year. Like you will no doubt hear in other reviews of the film itself,... Read More

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of October 21

Erik Anderson October 21, 2013

What Michael Ward is listening to this week… Songs for Halloween As a couple of my contributions to our roundtable have already attested, I’m a... Read More

Review: Katy Perry – Prism

Erik Anderson October 19, 2013

Katy Perry is riding high at the top of the pop game right now. She’s coming off the monumental Teenage Dream album campaign and has... Read More

Review: 12 Years a Slave (Steve McQueen, 2013)

Erik Anderson October 16, 2013

In matters regarding a historical time frame, accuracy is key in presenting a story so that people can understand what occurred, and to give us... Read More