Netflix's latest animated film, 'Vivo', starring Lin-Manuel Miranda and Zoe Saldana is an, at times, unevenly paced story that doesn't quite nail its lofty messaging about the preservation of cultural tradition and other social critiques, leaving it as a merely watchable musical.
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In the quarter-century since the original's release, the 'Mission: Impossible' series has continued, still with Cruise in the lead role, and still doing amazing stunt, only getting crazier with each entry. But that first film is still a winner that holds up today.
The immense magnitude of the tragic death of Marvin Gaye has only grown as time has passed and has really accentuated the artistic quality of the music he left behind.
Terry Jones, one of the driving forces behind Monty Python, dies at the age of 77 after a lengthy battle with a rare form of dementia. "Two down, four to go," fellow Python John Cleese said.
The amount of good films about rock and its culture is quite vast, but here's a list of some essential ones concentrating ‘mostly’ on the music first and foremost.
The last time Harvard organized a Bauhaus exhibition was way back in 1971, and their latest one, 'The Bauhaus and Harvard', has been organized to mark the 100th anniversary of the movement.
Albert Ayler, never getting the wider recognition he truly deserved, unleashed a free-form musical exploration that went beyond the boundaries of jazz or any other music that included everything he experienced musically – from church spirituals, New Orleans and Army brass music, to world folk forms, to free improvisation – any and all of these themes, often all at the same time.
Smile was to be the title of the 12th Beach Boys album that was to be released anywhere between January and June 1967. It was to be their masterpiece. Actually, it was supposed to be THE rock and roll masterpiece, better than anything The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix or Bob Dylan came up with. But then...it never came out.
We examine the eccentric life of the cult legend, Captain Beefheart. His life was full of stories about his many idiosyncrasies and while many regard him as a musical genius, it was his paintings under his real name, Don Van Vliet that brought him wide success.
'Stray Dogs' is a five-issue miniseries that's gaining major buzz for it's inventive twist on a serial killer mystery... it's all told from the perspective of a pack of cute dogs.
'Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045's high-concepts of transhumanism, sustainable war, and post-humans paint a bleak picture of our future, but it's a future that we could very well be headed towards.
Since this pandemic is far from over, we should keep striving to find innovative ways to keep art alive and the visionaries behind 'Homemade' have paved the way for artists who are looking to get back into the creative hustle and bustle.
Are specialist compilations with a thought-out concept, careful message, and painstaking compiling/editing still necessary? My personal answer is a resounding yes!
Indie pop is the powerhouse behind the curtain of mainstream music, but its existence as such is as ironic as its raison d'être.
Like few pop culture phenomena of another era, 'The Sopranos' is having a moment in 2019, in conjunction with its 20th anniversary.
In 1967, Arthur Lee and his then stable band, Love, came up with Forever Changes - widely considered to be their, and one of rock’s greatest masterpieces. While making some impact in Europe, in particular England, at the time, the album was practically ignored in the US. Now, 50 years later, the album is being recognized for what it is (even by Rolling Stone, who missed its greatness the first time around).
From race to homosexuality and mental health, there has been an evolution of themes in hip-hop over the last couple of decades and a push from mainstream artists to end the associated stigma. A rapper no longer has to be black in order to be considered authentic (or good).
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