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‘Bouchra’ Explores How Artists Create New Forms for Familiar Questions

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David Pike / 14 September 2026

Bouchra has so many visually stunning frames, so many moments that make the familiar strange and newly beautiful, and so many unexpected conversations with other films and works of art.

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There’s Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir

There’s Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir

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Brian Stout / 14 September 2026

Chuck Klosterman’s Rock* Makes Rock Music History Wobble

Chuck Klosterman’s Rock* Makes Rock Music History Wobble

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Jeremy McDonagh / 14 September 2026

Venice Film Festival 2026 Carefully Welcomes the Political in Filmmaking

Venice Film Festival 2026 Carefully Welcomes the Political in Filmmaking

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Ana Yorke / 10 September 2026

Magnolia Johnson Electric Co. Celebrate Secretly Group’s 30th Anniversary

Magnolia Johnson Electric Co. Celebrate Secretly Group’s 30th Anniversary

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Brian Stout / 10 September 2026

Dolly Parton and Beyoncé’s “Jolene” Leads to a Foucaultian Question

Dolly Parton and Beyoncé’s “Jolene” Leads to a Foucaultian Question

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Ana Clara Ribeiro / 9 September 2026

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Gets Despicability Fabulously

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Gets Despicability Fabulously

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Ana Yorke / 9 September 2026

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Of Maus and Men: Postwar Identity Through a Postmodern Lens in Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’

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Of Maus and Men: Postwar Identity Through a Postmodern Lens in Art Spiegelman’s ‘Maus’

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The Flawless Vitality of Paris Paloma’s ‘The Fatal Flaw’

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Maria Lockard / 14 September 2026

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The Fierce and the Dead Put a Unique Spin on Rock

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Eoghan Lyng / 10 September 2026

Gretchen Parlato Spins Jazz and Soul Into a Charmed Thing

Ray Wylie Hubbard Tells the Full Story on ‘Reel 2 Reel 4 Real’

Upper Wilds Blow Up the Universe with the Astonishing ‘Mercury’

Joshua Bassett Digs Deeper on ‘Easier’

Henry Threadgill and Zooid Evoke Old and New Jazz Elements

Plum Come Out Swinging with a Post-Punk Tour de Force

Mitch Woods Offers Big Easy Magic on ‘A Night in New Orleans’

Chat Pile Survey the Wreckage of Contemporary Life

Henry Threadgill’s Trio Creates Brilliant Art Jazz

The Bird Calls Offer an Uncommonly Beautiful Take on Indie Folk

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There’s Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir

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Magnolia Johnson Electric Co. Celebrate Secretly Group’s 30th Anniversary

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Dolly Parton and Beyoncé’s “Jolene” Leads to a Foucaultian Question

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Ana Clara Ribeiro / 9 September 2026

When the Sax Went Wah-Wah After the Guitar

Colour Conquers Blandness at a Vibrant Osheaga Festival 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2026

How Atmosphere’s Slug Invented “Old School” Emo Rap

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‘Bouchra’ Explores How Artists Create New Forms for Familiar Questions

‘Bouchra’ Explores How Artists Create New Forms for Familiar Questions

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David Pike / 14 September 2026

Venice Film Festival 2026 Carefully Welcomes the Political in Filmmaking

Venice Film Festival 2026 Carefully Welcomes the Political in Filmmaking

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Ana Yorke / 10 September 2026

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Gets Despicability Fabulously

Danny Boyle’s ‘Ink’ Gets Despicability Fabulously

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Ana Yorke / 9 September 2026

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

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Guilherme Quireza / 1 September 2026

‘The Odyssey’ Tries to Convince Us That Our Leaders Give a Damn

‘The Odyssey’ Tries to Convince Us That Our Leaders Give a Damn

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Richard Stimac / 31 August 2026

‘Late Fame’ Is Wise to the Poetic Side of Life

‘Late Fame’ Is Wise to the Poetic Side of Life

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Kurt Wildermuth / 27 August 2026

Triptych Drama ‘D’ici là’ Is a Finely Judged Collection of Stories

Triptych Drama ‘D’ici là’ Is a Finely Judged Collection of Stories

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Paul Risker / 26 August 2026

Lana Daher’s ‘Do You Love Me’ Turns Disorientation Into a Closed Circuit

Lana Daher’s ‘Do You Love Me’ Turns Disorientation Into a Closed Circuit

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Guilherme Quireza / 25 August 2026

Books

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Chuck Klosterman’s Rock* Makes Rock Music History Wobble

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Jeremy McDonagh / 14 September 2026

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How to Read James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ Without Fears or Tears

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Kurt Wildermuth / 8 September 2026

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Colson Whitehead’s ‘Cool Machine’ Is Powered by His Ruminating Prose

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Chris Barsanti / 8 September 2026

Susannah Felts on ‘The Come Apart’ and Creating for Creatives

Physicist Christophe Galfard Takes on Who We Are in ‘This Is Life’

Television

For All Mankind’s #Resist Moment

For All Mankind’s #Resist Moment

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Victor Clemente / 26 August 2026

Love, Death and Caste in Gay Romances ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Cactus Pears’

Love, Death and Caste in Gay Romances ‘Heated Rivalry’ and ‘Cactus Pears’

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Jayashree Kamblé / 6 August 2026

Lists

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

Dolly Parton’s Greatest Movie Role

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Guilherme Quireza / 1 September 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2026

MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of August 2026

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Spyros Stasis / 31 August 2026

The 10 Best Dolly Parton Songs (Plus One More)

The 10 Best Dolly Parton Songs (Plus One More)

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Jeff Koch / 25 August 2026

The 15 Best Radiohead Songs

The 15 Best Radiohead Songs

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Corey Beasley / 24 August 2026

Interviews

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There’s Always Ways: Jesse Malin Discusses Writing His Memoir

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Brian Stout / 14 September 2026

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Susannah Felts on ‘The Come Apart’ and Creating for Creatives

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Alyssa Charpentier / 1 September 2026

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Americana’s Pieta Brown Is Dreamin’ in the Dark

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Brian D’ Ambrosio / 26 August 2026

Evil Island on Reunion Tours, I.C.E., and Best Album Yet

Anthony Kavanagh on ‘Pop Scars’ and Taking the Long Way Home

Loose Talk with the Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli

Rachael Sage Finds Hope in Harmony, Turning Tragedy Into Song

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PopMatters Seeks Film Critics and Essayists

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