Esoteric Ebb finds brilliance by imitating an all-time masterpiece
Yes, Esoteric Ebb can be boiled down to Disco Elysium meets Dungeons & Dragons. No, that’s not as damning as it sounds.
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What Almost Famous can still teach us about music criticism
Cameron Crowe’s Oscar-winning, semi-autobiographical music drama plays as an entertaining, poignant testament to the value of criticism that still endures a quarter of a century later.
Red flags abound in Something Very Bad Is Going To Happen trailer
The new horror miniseries hits Netflix later this month.
Michelle Pfeiffer and Kurt Russell are terrific in drippy drama The Madison
Taylor Sheridan’s passion project feels a lot like his other shows, right down to the regressive politics.
Trying Times presents James Blake in singer-songwriter mode to mixed results
The electronic artist’s first independent studio album is a scattershot splintering of ideas that gel together as often as they drift apart.