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Now Hear This!: The Goldberg Sisters - 'Stranger's Morning' (PopMatters Album Premiere)

PopMatters premieres Stranger's Morning, the new album by the Goldberg Sisters, Adam Goldberg's semi-pseudonymous musical project.

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'Norman' Tests the Limits of Sympathy

As this film wears on, Norman starts to feel a bit like Macbeth with his misguided ambition.

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The Unusuals: Series Premiere

ABC's new NYC cop show premieres tonight and Cynthia Fuchs says "it's not new or challenging or even very strange. It is, however, plenty quirky."

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2 Days in Paris

Well at least these two characters have one thing in common: they’re both grateful the other’s an elitist, New York hipster.

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All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007

Beginning and ending with the superlative filmmaking of Jia Zhang-ke, traversing the nooks and crannies of the globe, PopMatters presents the 20 best international and indie films of 2007.

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2 Days in Paris

This mostly comic study of two people coming apart is by turns lumpy and lovely, perverse and prosaic.

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Déjà Vu (2006)

The movie's leap from contemporary coppish thriller into science fiction is initially jarring.

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Head Cases

There's lots of 'adult' humor and madcap legal maneuvering. The Practice should have been this much fun.

Samantha Bornemann

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The Hebrew Hammer (2003)

The Hammer remains confused and conflicted, almost apologetic for who he is.

Kevin Jagernauth

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20 Films That Went From Bombs to Beloved

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20 Films That Went From Bombs to Beloved

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The 25 Best Classic Progressive Rock Albums

Jackie Chan's 10 Best Films

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Now Hear This!: The Goldberg Sisters - 'Stranger's Morning' (PopMatters Album Premiere)

PopMatters premieres Stranger's Morning, the new album by the Goldberg Sisters, Adam Goldberg's semi-pseudonymous musical project.

'Norman' Tests the Limits of Sympathy

As this film wears on, Norman starts to feel a bit like Macbeth with his misguided ambition.

(Untitled) dir. Jonathan Parker (new film / trailer)

The Unusuals: Series Premiere

ABC's new NYC cop show premieres tonight and Cynthia Fuchs says "it's not new or challenging or even very strange. It is, however, plenty quirky."

2 Days in Paris

Well at least these two characters have one thing in common: they’re both grateful the other’s an elitist, New York hipster.

All Around the World: The Best International/Indie Films of 2007

Beginning and ending with the superlative filmmaking of Jia Zhang-ke, traversing the nooks and crannies of the globe, PopMatters presents the 20 best international and indie films of 2007.

2 Days in Paris

This mostly comic study of two people coming apart is by turns lumpy and lovely, perverse and prosaic.

Déjà Vu (2006)

The movie's leap from contemporary coppish thriller into science fiction is initially jarring.

Head Cases

There's lots of 'adult' humor and madcap legal maneuvering. The Practice should have been this much fun.

The Hebrew Hammer (2003)

The Hammer remains confused and conflicted, almost apologetic for who he is.

Lee Ranaldo and Raül Refree Create an Eerily Experimental Sound with 'Names of North End Women'

Rebecca Foon Gets Honest and Raw with the Gorgeous 'Waxing Moon'

Leon Bridges and Khruangbin Imbue Texas with Some Fresh Air

Pour Me a Grog: The Funaná Revolt in 1990s Cabo Verde

Pop Music and Cultural Resistance in Nigeria via Apala

yMusic Explore 'Ecstatic Science'

Do We Already Know the Answer to the Question, 'Are Men Animals?'

EDEN Creates an Achingly Beautiful Modern Pop Album with 'No Future'

Cue the Music: 'Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2'

On 'Blueschild Baby', George Cain's Searing Novel of Addiction: An Interview

'The Douglas MacLean Collection' Pokes Fun at Our Love of Clam, Cabbage, and Kale*

On Top of the World: An Interview With Martha High

'American Dirt' Now That the Dust Has Settled

The Ghostliness of Mark Jenkin's Post-Brexit Parable, 'Bait'