end of year lists
Teeny Lieberson (TEEN) Talks D’Angelo and the Vanguard’s Black Messiah
How did a 40-year-old recluse manage to wow all of us? The answer lies in the difference between music and music.
Sophia Takal (Green) Talks Phil Lord and Christopher Miller’s The Lego Movie
Sometimes you watch something amazing and inspiring and know exactly what kind of movie you want to make next.
Travis Mathews (Interior. Leather Bar.) Talks Alain Guiraudie’s Stranger by the Lake
Rather than twisted and predatory or respectable and desexualized, this groundbreaking French thriller makes gay men sultry and dangerous.
Eric Avery (Jane’s Addiction, Polarbear) Talks EMA’s The Future’s Void
On The Future’s Void, EMA gives us something we could all use more of: a real point of view.
Daniel Schechter (Life of Crime) Talks Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash
As you watch a movie, your mind registers a million different thoughts. Here's how one filmmaker processed this year's big Sundance-winning film.
Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) Talks David Fincher’s Gone Girl (and Stanley Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut)
Memories of early Fincher and the passing of another great director, and connecting the dots between two twisted, satirical thrillers about marriage.
Various Artists (Mish Way, Matthew Shipp, Eddie Argos and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part Two
Every year, a few great albums slip through the cracks. That's sad but inevitable — you just can't hear 'em all, especially when more than...
Various Artists (James McNew, Laura Pleasants, Sean Yeaton and more) Talk Overlooked Albums of 2013 Part One
Every year, a few great albums slip through the cracks. That's sad but inevitable — you just can't hear 'em all, especially when more than...







