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New On Netflix: Last Night
Keira Knightley and Sam Worthington are a married couple in crisis in this moody look at the concept and potential practice of infidelity.
Spotlight: Super-Collabs
Is there something in between a supergroup and a one-time celebrity jam? Maybe. But sometimes it can be a bit...much (Chickenfoot anyone?) Let's take a look at some recent collaborations, all of them pleasing.
New On Netflix: The Enforcer
Dirty Harry Callahan returns in the third and arguably weakest entry in the series that gets a big boost from Tyne Daly's performance as Harry's lady cop partner.
Domo Genesis: Under The Influence
Another member of the Odd Future clique is getting his turn: Domo Genesis. Mellow compared to anything else under the OFWGKTA umbrella, perhaps Domo's laid-back style is connected to his love for weed, which he mentions at every possible opportunity.
Heavy Metal Parking Lot
Epic! This short documentary shows metal fans tailgating in the parking lot outside the Capital Center in Landover, Maryland on May 31, 1986, before a Judas Priest concert.
New On Netflix: It’s All About Love
Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes and Sean Penn star in Thomas Vinterberg's troubled yet curious piece of apocalyptic science fiction.
What’s New In Games This Week
This week has a bunch of returning faces getting an update and an unexpected take on a popular book / premium cable franchise.
What’s New In Music This Week
This Week: Wilco fans will rejoice; Twin Sister trumps all the buzz; Gem Club's beautiful tragedy; blog-star Youth Lagoon's much-awaited debut; Mastodon brings heavy riffs and a sense of loss.
R.E.M.: The Early Videos
Announcing their breakup last week, R.E.M. released 15 studio albums in their 31 years together. Here's a look at the early videos they released in the 80s, on their way to becoming superstars.
New On Netflix: Sukiyaki Western Django
Takashi Miike's stylish gonzo western pays homage to the works of Sergio Leone in its tale of two warring gangs and the mysterious gunman who tears them apart.
Best Of Netflix: Movies About Movies
Like any other kind of artist, filmmakers often struggle to come to terms with just what in the hell it is they're doing. A life of creating fantasies (and, some might argue, of telling lies) can be a strange and unsettling one that sometimes inspires a session of cinematic self-examination. Here are a few accounts of what happens when Hollywood gazes into its own abyss.
Nevermind: The Videos
20 years ago today a little band from Seattle called Nirvana debuted their album Nevermind. It did pretty well. Wanna look at the videos?
Moneyball Movie Review
Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill make a great team in both senses of the term in this behind the scenes sports drama that almost hits it out of the park.
New On Netflix: Leap of Faith
Steve Martin plays a God-fearing con man who tries to sell a miracle or two to the people of a small Kansas town in this underrated dark comedy.
New On Netflix: Saw: The Final Chapter
Jigsaw's legacy comes to an end not so much with a roar but a sputtering whimper with this cheap-looking and poorly written final installment.
Spotlight: The Art of Live Footage
A couple weeks ago we looked at videos made of found footage collages. Now, let's look at videos where the band is live; front and center, and the videographers are producing so much more than the grainy concert footage you occasionally screen, wincing all the while.
Pygmalion Music Festival 2011 Lineup
Now in its seventh year, the line up for this week / weekend's Pygmalion Festival is looking pretty spectacular. Taking place in Champaign-Urbana, IL, it's an indie superstar extravaganza featuring: Explosions In The Sky, Cut Copy, Toro Y Moi, Washed Out, The Dodos, The Hood Internet, Japandroids, Jessica Lea Mayfield, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Bass Drum Of Death, Gardens & Villa and about a hundred others.
New On Netflix: Southland Tales
This no-holds-barred look inside the fevered brain of writer-director Richard Kelly gets really old really, really fast.
James Blake: BBC Radio 1 Essential Mix
James Blake spins a fantastically eclectic mix for BBC's Radio 1 Essential Mix, blending dubstep, R&B and hip-hop with some classical favorites and even debuting some new tunes of his own. Two hours of awesome.
Alive Feature Film
Based on a true story, a team of rugby players survive a plane crash deep in the Andes. Stranded there, they must overcome incredible odds to stay alive. Watch the entire film.
New On Netflix: Smoke
Harvey Keitel, William Hurt and Forest Whitaker star in director Wayne Wang and writer Paul Auster's charming collection of New York stories set 'round a Brooklyn cigar shop.
What’s New In Games This Week
It's another one of those weeks that has a few decent things to chose from, but let's be honest, it's all about one very big release, Gears of War 3.
What’s New In Music This Week
This Week: Megafaun's fourth album is for cloud-watching; Jens Lekman's charming little stories; Nurses' elastic freak folk is fun; Besnared Lakes release the score to web documentary Welcome To Pine Point; UK moody pop outfit Veronica Falls combine morbid thoughts with a preppy package.
New On Netflix: Dazed And Confused
Richard Linklater's follow-up to Slacker paints an unforgettable portrait of the last day of high school in 1976 Austin, where jocks, stoners and dweebs all wander around a psychedelic teenage wasteland.
Best Of Netflix: Psychic Powers
We saw in a dream that you wanted a list of movies that feature guys and girls with telepathy and other psychic powers, so we thought we'd oblige as soon as possible lest we become tormented with more visions of your intense wanting. Develop your sixth sense on Netflix.
Drive Review
Buckle up and let Ryan Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn take you on this year's most satisfying cinematic thrill ride.
New On Netflix: Deep Blue Sea
Sharks get smarter and faster after Saffron Burrows starts messing with their brains in this completely ridiculous and endlessly entertaining creature feature.
New On Netflix: Halloween Resurrection
Busta Rhymes turns Michael Myers into a reality TV star in this clumsy, crass and thankfully final installment in the original Halloween franchise.
Spotlight: Cover Love
How do we even start to cover the covers? Maybe with some connections: Dirty Beaches does Johnny Cash -- Cash does Nine Inch Nails -- Reznor & Karen O do Zeppelin -- it just goes on from there.
New On Netflix: Halloween H20
Jamie Lee Curtis returns as Laurie Strode in this clever, exciting and even somewhat satisfying non-final final chapter in the story of Michael Myers.
