Five Sci-fi Video Game Soundtracks for the End of the World
PopMatters looks to the sonic canvas of five sci-fi video game soundtracks, because every dystopia, no matter how bleak, deserves good music.
PopMatters looks to the sonic canvas of five sci-fi video game soundtracks, because every dystopia, no matter how bleak, deserves good music.
Murders, heists, fraud, ethical quandaries, preternatural gifts, nuns battling AI – we bring you the curious and the wild – the best TV shows of 2023 you may have missed.
The director knows best? Not always. Here are five directors’ cuts that we’re lucky didn’t happen – these films were improved by studio interference.
Adam Driver’s transforming, lizard-like qualities make him the modern paradigm of versatility in acting. These five films capture his best performances so far.
Our best films of 2023 include A-listers exploring new ground or new wrinkles in the familiar, lesser-knowns of singularly surprising work, and gut-punch comedies.
It won’t surprise PopMatters readers that many of our best books of 2023 are excavations of our increasingly clamorous culture. It wasn’t a year for escapism.
The Brazilian music industry is creating a pop scene that competes with the world’s biggest names. Get ready to enjoy the 20 best Brazilian pop albums of 2023.
In our Best DVDs of 2023 list, along with some classic television, we have selected known treasures and unconventional films to satisfy the discerning cinephile.
Campy, surreal, and even “trauma”-inducing, the queer world of Gregg Araki’s smart, challenging, and colorfully eccentric films seduce.
Mike Heron went his own way to take a holiday from the Incredible String Band, known for its folk roots, and experimented with rock. Here are seven of his best songs.
The best contemporary music books on this list are specific and sweeping, creating new narratives that challenge dominant orthodoxy on music and its histories.
One has to go along with the flow of existence, no matter what suffering it brings. These country music artists give form to sadness and beauty to despair.