Новости за 01.09.2018

Although he’s dabbled with the medium from time to time—usually in the form of the occasional anthology contribution—director David Cronenberg has never had a TV series of his own. That might be about to change, though, with Variety reporting that Cronenberg recently hinted at his own upcoming turn toward the retina…

Damien Chazelle’s First Man—the Neil Armstrong biopic that sees Ryan Gosling giving a pensive, internal take on the man history books have since immortalized as Ol’ One Giant Leap-o—had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival this week, drawing strong praise for Chazelle’s direction, and the lead performances…

Okay, so we don’t know for sure that Donald Glover’s fourth (and reportedly final) album as Childish Gambino will arrive this month, but the prospect looms large as we turn the corner into fall. What we do know is we’re getting big new albums from Chicago MC Noname, French synth-pop phenom Christine And The Queens,…

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The world said goodbye to soul legend Aretha Franklin today, with people across the planet mourning her death, and multitudes flocking to Detroit for an eight-hour “Celebration Of Life” that saw some of the biggest names in entertainment and culture pay tribute to the Queen Of Soul. Speakers at today’s proceedings…

Several decades into his career, Norm Macdonald remains one of the most enigmatic forces in stand-up, a comedic institution whose actual resume—a few years on Saturday Night Live, several failed sitcoms, and a handful of poorly attended movies—belies how beloved he is by comedy nerds worldwide. Macdonald is currently…

ABC is leaning into the ambiguity surrounding its upcoming Roseanne follow-up, The Conners. The network released an empty-couched teaser for the series this afternoon, asking a pointed “What’s next?”

We’re less than a month away from the release of The House With A Clock In Its Walls, over-the-top horror auteur Eli Roth’s first foray into the world of PG-rated scares. It’s a pretty serious departure from (or, as he’d term it, evolution of) Roth’s signature style, an attempt to translate his love of horror into…

This Mortal Coil, the gothic dream-pop collective led by 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell, released three gorgeous, hugely influential albums between 1984 and 1991: It’ll End In Tears, Filigree & Shadow, and Blood. The label announced today that all three LPs will be reissued with remastered audio and new artwork by Ivo…

Sad news in the publishing world today, as multiple outlets report that The Village Voice—a guiding light in the world of music, film, and cultural criticism, and the pre-eminent alt-weekly newspaper of its era—has stopped production, likely for good. Per Gothamist, the news was announced to the paper’s remaining…