I covered the 2026 Big Ears Music Festival in Knoxville, Tennessee, this year, and had a lovely time. Artists I saw and talk about include:...

 I got into everything that's going on with Scream 7. All of it.

  A talk with editor/programmer/trusted friend Zack Hall about the magic of Nirvanna The Band the Show The Movie . Funnily enough, I Twin Pe...

 Every year, I assemble a bunch of critics, filmmakers, artists, theorists, and assorted aesthetes to collab on a poll about the year in cin...

  A transcendent work of art that you really ought to see in a theatre, if you can. A fascinating work about the history of religion and wo...

 Y'all should know how much I love a good list. And these are my thoughts on the year in film (and physical media).

  Occasionally, I disagree with the headlines that my outlet sometimes selects. The word 'delight' is at odds, I think, with what I...