In ‘Quest’, Inner-City American Life Is Given the Treatment It Deserves
Director Jonathan Olshefski has made a stirring call for the placement of low-income, inner-city families into our collective consciousness.
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The 20 Best Jazz Albums for Beginners
If you’ve always wanted to get interested in jazz, jump in. Don’t approach it with fear or a sense that you don’t know enough about it. It’s just a smorgasbord of stuff to enjoy.
The Smile’s American Tour Rolls on Through New York City
For the Smile, Sons of Kemet’s Tom Skinner provides a deeper London jazz groove to lock into while the Radiohead side offer moody rock elements.
Park City Song Summit Spotlights the Artist’s Journey Up the Mountain
Park City Song Summit is a cross between a mountain retreat for music fans and a SXSW-style event with insightful talks followed by live performances at night.
Why Is Booker Prize Winner Stanley Middleton Forgotten?
Lord Byron, D.H. Lawrence, and Alan Sillitoe loom large over Nottingham’s literary landscape. Why is Book Prize winner Stanley Middleton not among them?
Atlanta’s Dinner Time Expand Their Sonic Horizons to Great Effect on ‘Halfway Down’
Atlanta-based indie rockers Dinner Time embrace a more eclectic sound on their deeply enjoyable sophomore album, Halfway Down.
Lingua Ignota Seeks Salvation on SINNER GET READY
On SINNER GET READY, Lingua Ignota resides in the world, but not of it, crafting a bone-chillingly cathartic final product that deals in righteousness and reflection in turns.
Director Adam Rehmeier on His Abrasive Punk Comedy with a Sweet Heart, ‘Dinner in America’
Director Adam Rehmeier talks with PopMatters about the making of his subversive punk comedy, Dinner in America, produced by Ben Stiller.
‘City So Real’ and the Politics of a Modern Metropolis
One of the crowning achievements of City So Real is that it shows that the fight for racial justice in Chicago became adopted by people of all identities thanks to the tireless work of organizers.
Contemporary Urbanity and Blackness in ‘New Jack City’
Hood films are a jarring eviction notice for traditional Civil Rights rhetoric and, possibly, leadership -- in other words, "What has the Civil Rights movement done for me lately?"
Pandemics and Trumpian Echoes in Miller’s ‘Blackfish City’
When we can't turn to the federal government for the truth, sometimes we need to turn to fiction. Sam J. Miller's Blackfish City maps a pandemic in a post-United States future.
Domesticity Marks a Deeply Fraught Terrain in Ida Lupino Films
The early Ida Lupino films hold a particular nuance for female characters and the textures of their everyday lives, which has rarely been exhibited in classical Hollywood filmmaking.
