Meeting Steve Albini and working with him changed the course of my life. He taught me so much about music, and life. Steve was a great friend - wise, kind and generous. I am so grateful.

My thoughts are with him and his family and friends as we suffer his loss.

Ahead of #Cannes2024 , we ranked every Palme d’Or Winner of the 21st century. slantmagazine.com/film/cannes-pa…

From #HouseOfCards to #BabyReindeer , these are the 25 best original series on @Netflix right now. slantmagazine.com/lists/the-25-b…

Now available on Blu-ray from Altered Innocence, Bertrand Mandico’s SHE IS CONANN is the cinematic equivalent of a French Symbolist poem. slantmagazine.com/film/she-is-co…

With shoddy plotting and chaotic pacing, #Bodkin falls short of the thought-provoking satire that it aims for. Read Amelia Stout's review. slantmagazine.com/tv/bodkin-revi…

For a game designed around words, CRYPTMASTER should have chosen them more carefully. Read Aaron Riccio's review. slantmagazine.com/games/cryptmas…

A new trailer for Michael Sarnoski’s #AQuietPlace DAY ONE, the highly anticipated prequel to the series created by John Krasinski, has been unleashed. slantmagazine.com/film/a-quiet-p…

Despite its name, ENDLESS OCEAN LUMINOUS is frustratingly shallow. Read Ryan Aston's review. slantmagazine.com/games/endless-…

From her 2003 debut to #CowboyCarter , we've ranked every BEYONCÉ album from worst to best. What's your Top 3? 🐝
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CROW COUNTRY succeeds far more as a puzzle object than as a horror freak-out. Read Steven Nguyen Scaife's review. slantmagazine.com/games/crow-cou…

#TidalMemoryExo finds Iglꙩꙩghost continuing to carve out his own identity as an electronic music innovator. Read our review. slantmagazine.com/music/igloogho…

#KingdomOfThePlanetOfTheApes initially stands out from the pack in imagining a different perspective on a future world, only to disappointingly end up looking like everything else in the current mega-budget cinema landscape. Read Jake Cole's review. slantmagazine.com/film/kingdom-o…

Read our interview with Pulitzer finalists Moisés Kaufman and Amanda Gronich about the origins and evolution of HERE THERE ARE BLUEBERRIES (New York Theatre Workshop), which examines the provenance of a photo album from Auschwitz. slantmagazine.com/features/moise…

Now available on Blu-ray from MUBI, Lars von Trier’s miniseries THE KINGDOM plays like the unholy love child of St. Elsewhere and Twin Peaks. slantmagazine.com/dvd/the-kingdo…

A better title for @DuaLipa's #RadicalOptimism would have been 'Radical Self-Confidence.'

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One of the best films of the year, the Ross brothers' GASOLINE RAINBOW is rich in compositions that seem to cut to the essence of the characters’ yearnings. Read Chuck Bowen's review. slantmagazine.com/film/gasoline-…

With each new narrative development, THE LAST STOP IN YUMA COUNTY's game of cat and mouse grows more tense and darkly funny. Read Ross McIndoe's review. slantmagazine.com/film/the-last-…

It’s dubious whether the various iniquities of RISE OF THE RONIN are good enough to justify where it goes, especially knowing that all that effort can’t change which way the wind is blowing for Japan by the end. Read Justin Clark's review. slantmagazine.com/games/rise-of-…

Now available on Criterion Blu-ray, Nancy Savoca’s DOGFIGHT is a stellar, singular example of 1960s nostalgia filtered through an early-’90s American independent filmmaking mindset. slantmagazine.com/dvd/dogfight-b…

Read our interview with Hamaguchi Ryûsuke, in which the filmmaker discusses EVIL DOES NOT EXIST, creating GIFT with Ishibashi Eiko, and the evolution of his approach to dialogue and camera movement. slantmagazine.com/film/hamaguchi…