For his big swing at Hollywood Oscar bait, Yankovic took care to bring together folks who could match up with his towering comedic talent. It's a true tribute to weirdness everywhere.
It’s a legacyquel that doesn’t just reckon with the legacy of its predecessor, but @TomCruise’s own invulnerability as an action star in a landscape hostile to his breed.
For a character we’ve seen portrayed in seemingly every conceivable way, especially when it comes to “grounded and gritty,” the fact that @TheBatman has its own, unique identity is legitimately awe-inspiring.
Women Talking is a movie that feels at times quiet in its construction, except for the way it screams for its characters, who are too used to being silenced.
While the hybrid thriller blends classic westerns with a style akin to early Spielberg works, this extra-terrestrial feature serves as a vessel for spectacle and trauma.
It’s a character study of a self-aggrandizing, overly-congratulated fraud, the kind of “genius” who performs a kind of hollow virtue for herself as much as her audience.
On her 10th studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, PJ Harvey strives for newness without veering off too far from the familiar. Revisiting her 2022 epic poem Orlam made room for a personal and transformative record, a testament to her genius. All 12 tracks are written in the same rural Dorset vernacular and follow the protagonist’s coming-of-age story, alluding to Harvey’s desire for reinvention. While her captivating poetry remains at the forefront, the backdrop of eerie field recordings and minimalist instrumentation allow for a more tranquil effort; tracks such as “Prayer at the Gate” and “Lownesome Tonight” have gentle tones, while “All Souls” and “A Noiseless Noise” are rather chilling. Yet it still stands strong amongst her previous concept-centric entries, making PJ Harvey’s first proper release in seven years well worth the wait.
See our full list of the year's best albums:
49. Deeper — Careful!
Deeper’s third album and their first for Sub Pop is knotty, frenzied, and utterly crisp. The Chicago post-punk quartet write itch-scratching guitar riffs with an almost scientific precision, but their evolving structures and impressive full-band dynamics act as an element of surprise. Vocalist Nic Gohl conjures singular, evocative images, alternating between tension and release sometimes within the same couplet. As an album titled Careful! suggests, there’s a wariness that characterizes many of these songs — still, they find ways to burst with clarity, control, and catharsis. The climax of lead single “Build a Bridge” seems to say it best: “It’s the right kind of rhythm.”
Our top 30 albums of 2023 (so far): https://t.co/9GrGedLnf0cos.lv/XV8p50OLWiY
@carolineplz @foofighters @Metallica @JasonIsbell @McKinleyDixon @jpegmafia @JanelleMonae @arloparks @waterfromyreyes @xboygeniusx This year has once again produced more great music than an average person has time to listen to: https://t.co/DGiFEmolxvcos.lv/B6hb50OLYZ2
30.@KillerMike’s MICHAEL is worth the wait: a soul-baring collection of deeply personal songwriting that nevertheless contains the kind of bars-on-bars rapping that RTJ fans have come to love: https://t.co/KRbK9tMkyQ https://t.co/QZd9t2Ztf1cos.lv/B6hb50OLYZ2 twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
RANKED: Every #Oscar Best Picture winner, from Argo to The Life of Emile Zola 🎬
Featuring some of film's greatest achievements (and, yes, a few stinkers): cos.lv/5RCT50Nb1T3
78. Forrest Gump (1994)
Whether Robert Zemeckis' history-bending, sweeter-than-chocolate Tom Hanks showcase endears you or not, Forrest Gump stands as a towering movie in #Oscar history.
Russel Crowe is immensely sympathetic, imposing, and noble in Gladiator, just as Best Supporting Actor nominee Joaquin Phoenix portrays one of the best villains of the 2000s.
Coachella's 2023 lineup also boasts two former headliners in Gorillaz and Björk, boygenius' comeback, and a rare live performance from Jai Paul: cos.lv/gTs550Mn6Qn
The existential comedy had more than one trick up its sleeve, as Nadia and Alan got caught up in a whole new time-traveling intergenerational mindfuck.