Wu-Tang Clan, Iron Flag (2001)
All in all, Iron Flag is the catchiest and most satisfying album since the Wu-Tang Clan’s debut. You can hear the confidence right away – it was only released in December [...]
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Sorrentino: Parthenope (2024)
Paolo Sorrentino’s latest film, Parthenope, is one of the most alluring of his career – and that’s really saying something. It’s about a young woman, the Parthenope [...]
Fargeat: The Substance (2024)
There’s something profoundly paradoxical about the way that social activism often plays out on social media. More and more, influencers are using their platforms to draw [...]
Coppola: Megalopolis (2024)
Ever since Apocalypse Now, Francis Ford Coppola has been chasing the auteurist high of creating one of the most groundbreaking films in cinematic history. He almost achieved [...]
Perkins: Longlegs (2024)
Oz Perkins’ Longlegs has been touted as one of the most terrifying horror films of the last year. I have to admit I was just a little bit underwhelmed though. Perkins draws [...]
A Journey Through The X-Files: Season 2, Episode 9: “Firewalker” (November 18, 1994)
The last two episodes of The X-Files, “3” and “One Breath” were both quite anomalous, dealing as they did with Scully’s abduction and near death. “Firewalker” [...]
Van Morrison: Pay the Devil (2006)
Despite the fact that only three of the songs here are composed by him – or perhaps because of it – Pay the Devil is the most distinctive of all Van Morrison’s 2000s [...]
Wu-Tang Clan, The W (2000)
I found the Wu-Tang Clan’s sophomore effort, Wu-Tang Forever, a bit of a disappointment. There are moments of real greatness and at least one song where each member of the [...]
Miller & Ogilvie: Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome (1985)
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome is every bit as different from Mad Max 2 as The Road Warrior was from the original film. The residual 70s naturalism of Mad Max is entirely absent [...]
Moorhouse: The Fabulous Four (2024)
One of the recurring film tropes for Baby Boomers has been the old gang getting back together. As early as The Group, The Return of the Secaucus 7 and The Big Chill, the [...]