HOW PIXAR LEARNED TO LOVE FORMULA

Monsters University is proof that Pixar is now resting a little too heavily on its nominal brawn.

HANNIBAL MADE SCARY AGAIN

Hannibal is set in a horror realm we might imagine when we indulge our worst fears.

POLITICS AS PURE POSTURE

Kanye West's new album, Yeezus, is, at its essence, a very alluring con job.

BEFORE TAYLOR LAUTNER HAD ABS

The Howling plays around with the notion of vulnerability as a pseudo-sex game.

A SKILLFUL SAMPLE OF NEO-ANALOG EXTREMISM

Manic uses a sound-centric approach to reveal and give shape to secret torments.


FILM


Maniac

Its audio-visual overload testifies to a group of filmmakers' belief that some films are made to be remade.





GAMES


MUSIC


Kanye West: Yeezus

Behind the curtain, a very rich and talented man is grasping hard for something new to say.




TELEVISION



DVD


Things to Come

Declamatory dialectics and dazzling visuals in about equal measures, Things to Come makes its high-definition home video debut in a crisply clean Blu-ray transfer from Criterion.





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