Month: December 2022

Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities — a marvelous compendium of streaming deadtime stories — emphasizes everything that lures me to horror anthologies. It feels like a reinvention of Showtime’s Masters of Horror, highlighting everything I appreciate about the format. One might balk at calling Cabinet of Curiosities an outright horror anthology, more a miniseries?
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News Little Simz, Mica Levi, Sabrina Carpenter, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork December 19, 2022 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A
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Readers have likely noticed that super-bright colors continue to dominate book cover design in 2022, but while evaluating all the covers she’s seen this year, BookPage’s Brand & Production Designer Meagan Vanderhill was looking for more than eye-catching colors. Good book jacket design is certainly about grabbing a reader’s attention, she explains, but it’s also
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Next up to bat….. Alex Rodriguez has officially revealed his relationship with new girlfriend Jac Cordeiro. The couple made their romance Instagram official on Dec. 18 when the former MLB star posted a picture of himself alongside the 42-year-old registered nurse and his two daughters, Nastaha, 18, and Ella, 14—who he shares with ex-wife Cynthia Scurtis—at a
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Identical White Boys After bouncing all over the place in November with episodes on Knives and Skin, Starship Troopers, Perfect Blue and Addams Family Values, we’re settling into a few weeks of themed ‘Winter Horror’ discussions. Last week was Joel Schumacher’s deliciously queer camp Batman & Robin and this week, we’re back in Rural Horror territory
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News Nakhane Announces New Album Bastard Jargon The South African musician’s follow-up to You Will Not Die is due next year via BMG By Rob Arcand December 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Nakhane, photo by Alex de Mora Facebook Twitter South African musician Nakhane has announced a new album: Bastard Jargon is due March 3 via
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I do not like to be scared. Seeking out media that is designed to be scary — books, films, TV shows, or, I don’t know, music videos? — is something I will never understand or choose to do. I also do not like gore. I can handle some violence in my books, if it serves
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As has become customary, the strength of the Dutton women is on full display on 1923 Season 1 Episode 1. Cara Dutton promises to be the character to watch on this new series, with Helen Mirren standing firmly in her shoes. This new era of Duttons shows that although it’s been 40 years since the
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Podcasts have become an integral part of our everyday life. We listen to them while doing chores and carrying out errands, while driving or taking public transportation, and sometimes (though this is mostly dedicated to our very favorite podcasts) we simply sit and enjoy them without doing anything else. It’s been predicted that, by the
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In a statement to the Washington Examiner, Caitlyn’s rep addressed the misgendering of Dylan, explaining that an “individual on Ms. Jenner’s team haphazardly misgendered Dylan” and that the team was taking “appropriate actions to rectify the situation internally.” However, the statement said, “Ms. Jenner has no further comment on the matter and stands by her statements, otherwise.” And while
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There was a time when conspiracy theories were entertaining. No, seriously, I swear it’s true! In fact, tons of films took inspiration from them, including Prometheus, Transformers 3, and even the very first Captain America, just to name a few. This year marks the 10th anniversary of Christopher MacBride‘s paranoid thriller The Conspiracy, a found-footage indie
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