Movie Review: Blade Runner 2049 Is Gorgeous In Style And Rich In Commentary

Officer K (Ryan Gosling), a new blade runner for the Los Angeles Police Department, unearths a long-buried secret that has the potential to plunge what’s…

Album Review: Kelela Builds Her Spirit And Sound In “Take Me Apart”

A debut says a lot about an artist, and Kelela makes two things clear: she is simple and self-aware. In many ways, those are the…

TV Review: The Gifted Gives X-Men The Much Needed Revamp It Deserves

I am already IN LOVE with The Gifted. It is reviving and can continue to revive the X-men universe in ways that Legion did, as…

Film Review: Walking Out Shows How A Father And Son Survive Together

Synopsis: A teenager, David, journeys to Montana to hunt big game with his estranged father, Cal. Father and son struggle to connect, until a brutal…

Album Review: Cults Make An Offering of Light In Their New Album

The Cults have been one of my favorite bands…. since ever. Their mesh of 60’s pop with enough electro-wave to revive a cemetery could leave…

Album Review: Wolf Parade Triumphantly Returns In Cry Cry Cry

Wolf Parade’s Cry Cry Cry should be called Drama Drama Drama, and I love it. Soaring choruses, rousing anthems, sprawling guitars and chaotic keys make…

Film Review: UNA Shows When A Childhood Can Be Lost An Adult Is Left To Be Found

Synopsis: Fifteen years earlier, Una ran away with an older man, Ray, a crime for which he was arrested and imprisoned. When she comes across…

Concert Review: Joy Again Show Depression Is Something Music Can Face

Joy Again is, without irony, the music for the depressed. The intensity of their sound and lyricism is laser focused on the darkness you carry…

Album Review: JP Cooper Shows We Can Live Both In Pain And Love Through “Raised In Grey Skies”

    It is a somber time in this world, which is why JP Cooper’s Raised Under Grey Skies is befitting in title and times.…

Artist Close-Up: Bebel Gilberto Gives Music For A Good Day In “Live At The Belly Up”

  Bebel Gilberto has been making music for years, and is one of Brazil’s top artists. With a voice that flaps and flips notes like…

Album Review: Benjamin Clementine Gives Unusual Soul In I Tell A Fly

Benjamin Clementine can be for soul what Frank Ocean is for Hip Hop; adding a sense of strange to the heart of these genres. Clementine’s…

Theatre Review Desperate Measures Leaves You Desperately Happy At The York Theatre

Desperate Measures, based on William Shakespeare’s Measures for Measures is premiering at The York Theatre, and is one of the hottest tickets for Off-Broadway that…

Artist In Review: Miley Cyrus Shows She Has Gotten Older In “Younger Now”

  What unabashed irony that Younger Now is about Miley Cyrus on getting older! Yes, she is still in her early twenties, and I am…

Theatre Review: KPOP IS A MUST HAVE Experience IN NYC

KPOP has to be one of the best musicals currently in the NYC. It is the happier, even more political version of Sleep No More,…

Concert Review: STACEY Becomes The Rose of Rockwood Music Hall

Stacey was made for the high-caliber lounges; where dames and gents go to remember sophistication. She carries her body and voice like an old movie…