Amy Schumer: Live at the Apollo (2015)
In many ways, Live at the Apollo is the Amy Schumer triumph I’ve been waiting for throughout 2015. That might sound like a bit of a weird thing to say, since 2015 has been [...]
November 2015
Moore: The Omen (2006)
While the 00s undoubtedly witnessed its own unique brand of horror franchises, such as the Saw, Hostel and Paranormal Activity films, there was also a renewed serial gesture [...]
Montesi & Otherin-Girard: The Omen IV: The Awakening (1991)
Released a full ten years after the last film in The Omen cycle, The Omen IV doesn’t feel like a continuation of the franchise so much as an attempt to renew the franchise [...]
Baker: The Omen III: The Final Conflict (1981)
In many ways, The Omen III marks a bit of a break from the previous two films, which are so organically intertwined that it almost feels as if the first prophesied the [...]
Taylor: Damien: The Omen II (1978)
Like so many horror franchises of the 70s and 80s, The Omen series started with a sequel, then turned into a trilogy, only embracing total seriality with the fourth film, [...]
Drake: “Hotline Bling” (2015)
How does quiet storm look in the second decade of the new millennium? That’s one of the questions posed by the music video for Drake’s latest single, which has to be one [...]
Bahrani: 99 Homes (2015)
In all the minutiae of American domestic life that are endlessly dissected on reality television, there is one process that is never depicted: eviction. If a camera crew can [...]
New Order: Music Complete (2015)
What does it mean to create a New Order album without Peter Hook? That’s the question raised by Music Complete, the band’s first album of original material since 2013’s [...]
Enya: Dark Sky Island (2015)
I’ve just found, out, somewhat belatedly, that Enya has released a new studio album. Actually, belatedly is perhaps not quite the right word, since the album only dropped [...]
Donner: The Omen (1976)
One of the most beautiful and mercurial horror films of the 1970s, The Omen ushered in one of the most consistent and durable horror franchises of the 1970s and 1980s as [...]