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Review: Her (Jonze, 2013)

Vincent Smetana November 14, 2013

In Spike Jonze’s latest film Her, Joaquin Phoenix plays Theodore Twombly, a professional letter-writer for-hire who composes personal correspondence with his creative mind, sensitive nature,... Read More

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of November 11, 2013

Erik Anderson November 11, 2013

What Zac Nuccio is listening to this week… Sky Ferreira / Night Time My Time After over half a decade of solid EP releases,... Read More

Review: Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2

Erik Anderson November 4, 2013

Does the world really need to revisit the dark, hellish world of Marshall Mathers? That’s the major question posed by Eminem’s sequel to the album... Read More

Review: Lady Gaga- ARTPOP

Erik Anderson November 4, 2013

“I killed my former and left her in the trunk on Highway 10” begins Lady Gaga’s new album, ARTPOP. Were this anybody else, such opening lyrics... Read More

AwardsWatch Weekly Music Roundup: Week of November 4, 2013

Erik Anderson November 4, 2013

What George Portades is listening to this week… Yo Yo featuring Gerald Levert, “Iz It Still All Good? (Something’s On Your Mind)” Out of all the female... Read More

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

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