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Southside with You

Hail to the Chief

by Kenji Fujishima

Southside with You may not announce itself as hagiography, but it's hero-worshipful to its core.

Kate Plays Christine

Docu-Film Sheds Light on Creation

by Chuck Bowen

Kate Plays Christine movingly posits acting as a metaphor for the search for connection, through visceral texture rather than platitude.

The 15 Best Britney Spears Singles

The 15 Best Britney Singles

by Sal Cinquemani And Eric Henderson

We've compiled a list of pop princess Britney Spears's 15 best singles.

Ben-Hur

False Returns

by Keith Watson

Timur Bekmambetov's Ben-Hur keeps teasing us with the promise of a campily delirious chariot race.

Feeling Emotions: Mariah Carey’s Underrated Sophomore Album Turns 25

Feeling Emotions

by Sal Cinquemani

On the eve of its 25th anniversary, we take a look back at Mariah Carey's underrated sophomore effort.

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Hands of Stone

Hands of Stone

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by Elise Nakhnikian

The Panamanian-born Roberto Duran's story has all the makings of a fascinating film, but Hands of Stone isn't it.

Fatima

by Clayton Dillard

The film appears to have been devised to pander to the presumptions of Western, liberal viewers.

In Order of Disappearance

by Chuck Bowen

The film has been executed with a sense of formally stylish and thematically symmetric panache.

Complete Unknown

by Chuck Bowen

Underneath the impersonal formal beauty and good acting is a familiar moral about self-imposed limitations.

The Sea of Trees

by James Lattimer

There's little here to suggest that the film is anything more than a hastily cobbled-together studio star vehicle.

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Music

De La Soul: And the Anonymous Nobody

De La Soul And the Anonymous Nobody

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by Jonathan Wroble

The album is a captivating listen, albeit far from the confidence and coherence of De La Soul's crucial first act.

Crystal Castles Amnesty (I)

by Benjamin Aspray

Formal rigor, not raw originality, is the guiding force behind Amnesty (I).

Gonjasufi Callus

by Bryce Jones

Gonjasufi's latest album doesn't impress dread so much as boredom.

Lydia Loveless Real

by Jeremy Winograd

The album represents both a distinct evolution of Loveless's sound and an endearing continuation of her persona.

Wild Beasts Boy King

by Jesse Cataldo

With Boy King, Wild Beasts stumbles into a garish new style that's heavy on sweat, sex, and cynicism.

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Interview: Robert Greene and Kate Lyn Sheil on Kate Plays Christine

Robert Greene and Kate Lyn Sheil on Kate Plays Christine

by Magdalena Maksimiuk

The director and actress discuss the complexities of their unconventional docu-fiction hybrid.

TV

Better Late Than Never: Season One

Better Late Than Never

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by Aaron Riccio

The show is so desperate for attention, so fearful that audiences will tune out, that it almost never stops explaining itself.

The Get Down: Season One

The Get Down

by Chris Cabin

Too much of Baz Luhrmann's The Get Down feels dictated by the setup and pay-off rules of popular storytelling.

Looking: The Movie

Looking: The Movie

by Matt Brennan

Exquisitely nostalgic, Looking: The Movie is as comfortable, and as complicated, as a reunion with an old friend.

Stranger Things: Season One

Stranger Things

by Chuck Bowen

Stranger Things is competently crafted, but exists as little more than the pointless sum of its spare parts.

Mr. Robot: Season Two

Mr. Robot

by Chuck Bowen

In its second season, Mr. Robot's aesthetic is nearing ever closer to the edge of inadvertent self-parody.

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DVD & BD

A Taste of Honey

A Taste of Honey

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by Clayton Dillard

A Taste of Honey is an essential title in global cinema's shift toward investigating the inner lives of quotidian folk.

Female Prisoner Scorpion

by Clayton Dillard

Arrow Video's thoroughly awesome Blu-ray set is sure to remain among the year's most essential releases.

Invasion of the Body Snatchers

by Chuck Bowen

Shout! Factory's disc is an attractive restoration of a funny and terrifyingly sensual portrait of conformity.

Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words

by Clayton Dillard

Compassionate and structurally intriguing, Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words is a stellar portrait of a great artist.

The Girlfriend Experience

by Carson Lund

Despite its punctilious aesthetic of detachment, The Girlfriend Experience exerts a sneaky emotional pull.

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Games

No Man’s Sky

No Man’s Sky

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by Justin Clark

The game comes down to the indisputable truth that, when it comes to space travel, the journey is everything.

Abzû

Abzû

by Jed Pressgrove

The game fails to satisfy the natural urge to explore a three-dimensional realm of seemingly endless possibilities.

Overcooked

Overcooked

by Aaron Riccio

Ghost Town Games avoids the flavorless death known as repetition, and doesn't overcook the game's premise.

Resident Evil 5

Resident Evil 5

by Justin Clark

Africa and its people are, essentially, exotic props in this game, with no humanity or purpose.

The Solus Project

The Solus Project

by Aaron Riccio

The Solus Project benefits from the fact that you can't just shoot your way out of a bad situation.

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Interview: Alice Winocour on Disorder and the Language of Trauma

Alice Winocour on Disorder and the Language of Trauma

by Steve Macfarlane

Winocour discusses the sensory-based aesthetics of her new film.

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