The Dream Syndicate defied all expectations with their major label debut. 40 years later, Medicine Show remains as unsettling as ever.
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Fairytale of New York: Marie Menken’s ‘Lights’ (1966)
Lights is a joyous distillation of the beauty that abounds during the holiday season, and the darkness that surrounds it.
Full StoryThe Point of No Return: ‘Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point’ (2024)
Tyler Taormina’s latest feature is full of mirth and melancholy, a sprawling yet intimate instant holiday classic.
Full StoryOnline Premiere: ‘Handle With Care’ (Michael Glover Smith, 2024)
The acclaimed new short from Michael Glover Smith is now available online, premiering through Split Tooth.
Full Story‘Weeknights’ (2023): An Interview with Alfred Giancarli
A different kind of city symphony,Weeknights finds the real rhythm of city life being composed in the dark hours of the night.
Full StoryThe Dream-Pop Oasis of Low’s “Just Like Christmas” (1999)
“Just Like Christmas” is a perfect snow globe of a song, a minimalist masterwork that sublimates the holiday into a vapor.
Full Story‘I Was in a Film Starring Laura Dern’: Caveh Zahedi’s Self-Sabotaging Self-Portrait
Shot behind the scenes of Citizen Ruth, the 10-minute short offers an introduction to Zahedi's directorial style and shows why he's not a more prolific character actor.
Full StoryBefore and After Science: The Generative ‘Eno’ Documentary (2024)
Eno is both a joyous meditation on human creativity and an earnest rolling of the dice that gives control over to a soulless software.
Full StoryGo With the Glow: Neil Young’s ‘Human Highway’
Ignored upon release, Neil Young’s apocalyptic musical-comedy bears much the same idiosyncratic appeal as his best albums.
Full StoryAll-American Neon: Notes on Tobe Hooper and ‘Eaten Alive’ (1976)
Hooper's follow-up to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre might be his most misunderstood work, but it hints at what was to come.
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