The Three Faces of Hitchcock
The culture has shattered AlfredHitchcock's legacy into separate identities. We must view him as the brilliant, horrifying, innovative, monstrous composite he authentically was.
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Restored Silent Film 'Little Orphant Annie' Conjurs Goblins and the Horrors of Poverty
Annie is a servant who delights in telling tales of spooks and spirits, always ending with the refrain "An' the Gobble-uns'll git you ef you Don't Watch Out!"
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The Intimate Politics of the Female Self in Danielle Lazarin’s 'Back Talk'
The girls and women in Danielle Lazarin's debut short story collection deal with their desires, needs, and fears with vulnerability, suppressed anger, self-awareness, and self-denial.
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'The Lost City of Fortunes' and How Writing Goes from the "Goo in a Cocoon" Stage to a Fully-Realized Tale
Bryan Camp read academic works, self-published occult-y stuff, and primary sources to help craft his beautifully-realized tale of a New Orleans in which "the fantastical is possible."
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Jill Barber Knows What a "Girl's Gotta Do" to Keep the MeToo Movement Moving (premiere)
Canada's versatile vocalist Jill Barber delivers a message of female empowerment with stunning force, striking a dramatic pose with such verve that will give all music lovers an equal opportunity to shake their booties.
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Pete Townshend Remembers 'Who Came First' 45(ish) Years Later
With a strange history and an unusual assortment of tracks, Who guitarist Pete Townshend's first solo album still offers plenty of joy.
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Hinds Polish Up Their Sound on 'I Don't Run' Just Enough Without Losing the Raw Feeling
Madrid-based garage rockers Hinds pull away from their lo-fi roots just a little bit to deliver a fun, versatile second album with I Don't Run.
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John Prine Carves Out Another Knotty Winner with 'The Tree of Forgiveness'
On his first album of new songs in 13 years, folk veteran John Prine delivers another masterwork in songwriting.
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The Three Faces of Hitchcock
The culture has shattered AlfredHitchcock's legacy into separate identities. We must view him as the brilliant, horrifying, innovative, monstrous composite he authentically was.
10h
Tribeca 2018: 'Rest in Power:Â The Trayvon Martin Story' and 'Call Her Ganda'
These two entries consider the hate crime murders of Trayvon Martin and Jennifer Laude, reinterpret their deaths within historic frameworks, and explore why their stories fade without meaningful changes in US civil rights laws.
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On the Trail of Classic Western Heroes with Silent Films 'Just Pals' and 'The Calgary Stampede'
New organ scores help kick up some dust in these two reissues from Grapevine Video.
23 Apr 2018
God Is an Astronaut Takes Listeners on an Introspective Journey via 'Epitaph' (album stream) (premiere)
Irish trio God Is an Astronaut returns with ninth and possibly best album to date with Epitaph, out Friday via Napalm Records.
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23 Apr 2018
Free Radicals Argue There's "No State Solution" on New Single (premiere)
Tirelessly political Houston outfit Free Radicals blend soul, jazz and world influences on new cut from forthcoming remix album.
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23 Apr 2018
Amy Bloom Carefully Imagines Eleanor Roosevelt and Lorena Hickok's Sexual Romps in 'White Houses'
At times mawkish and problematic, White Houses is a romance that presents an interesting queer historical fiction.
23 Apr 2018
Cary Brothers Brushes Off the Hard Times With 'Bruises' (album stream) (premiere)
Cary Brothers' Bruises is a record intended for the masses that never loses its sense of the intimate and never gets stuck in the expected groove.
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23 Apr 2018
My Silent Bravery Recalls What It's Like to Be "18" (premiere)
My Silent Bravery's new video "18" gets sentimental for the 1980s and some classic cinema tropes of the era.
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23 Apr 2018
Has Snarky 'Schitt's Creek' Become Television's Sweetest Sitcom?
Season 4 brings a thorough and heartening reinvigoration of the rom-com format, revealing the big heart that beats beneath the clown costume.
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