Music
Cory Henry brought the funk back to London last week
Cory and his band impress with tight funk licks.
Film & TV
Alias Grace – Exploring the hidden identities of Victorian women
Like The Handmaids Tale, Alias Grace is a chilling exploration of women’s rights, that has parallels in the modern age of Trump and Weinstein.
Arts
Politics and the value of rhetoric in early Rome
An attempt to hold a mirror to the current world of politics in Coiolanus falls flat, but the characters shine through.
Music
The new Taylor Swift album can’t come to the phone right now. Why? Oh, ‘cause it’s shit.
Taylor Swift’s sixth LP is a powerful statement that unequivocally cements her as one of this century’s most mediocre sensations.
Film & TV
The unbearable melancholy of Bojack Horseman
Season 4 is the show’s most difficult to date, but ends with a glimmer of hope.
Music
You can’t Trump the ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$
On the anniversary of Donald Trump’s election, we revisit one of the year’s most political hip-hop albums
Music
Weezer wheezes out another fucking travesty...
Yeah, it's... not good.
Film & TV
First They Killed My Father: Angelina Jolie’s first directorial triumph
With First They Killed My Father, Angelina Jolie retells a story of intense hardship and miraculous survival through the eyes of a child that experienced it all.
Arts
An indescribable pause: The Impressionists’ love letter to London
Tate Britain assembles Pissaro, Monet, and Whistler for an ode to the capital.
Music
An aktual-ly good album this week
Ash Koosha tries to develop the work of his previous releases, but things feel disjointed.
Music
Plunge: A clarion call to sexual liberation
Fever Ray’s first album in nearly eight years is a more aggressive work, which examines love, lust, and the uncontrollable id.
Film & TV
Mindhunter – true crime binge TV
Producer David Fincher’s influences are enough to keep this gritty cross section of 70s police culture moving forward.