Sundance Film Festival 2025 Is at a Crossroads
While the Sundance Film Festival still uplifts under-the-radar films in an increasingly challenging market, its future may be in doubt.
Events
“Record in Iceland” and the Push for Global Relevance
With “Record in Iceland” offering 25% subsidization of recording costs, Iceland hopes to support native artists and achieve international notoriety.
Sol Foundation Symposium Examines the Political Problem of UFOs
Researchers from academia, technology, and governmental sectors gather to examine how civil society can act against UFOs/UAP cover-ups.
The Allman Betts Band Keep Winter Solstice Flame Burning
The Allman Betts Band’s tribute tour provides a noble service to the blues rock community in helping fresh faces reach new audiences.
MoMA’s To Save and Project Film Restoration Fest Ranges from Classics to Avant-Garde
MoMA’s To Save and Project film restoration festival shows silents, exploitation films, avant-garde jokes, and the first Mexican film awarded at Cannes.
MoMA’s Film Restoration Fest To Save and Project Eyes Bad Behavior
MoMA’s film restoration fest To Save and Project eyes bad behavior with a Casanova, Western gunmen, pre-Code showgirls and drug addiction.
Samantha Fish Fires Up the Fillmore on a Magical Night
Samantha Fish and her quartet pour gasoline on the sonic campfire with an electrifying sound that mixes more rock into the blues power stew.
International Film Buffs Should Pounce on MoMA’s To Save and Project Festival
From silent classics to Thai melodrama, home movies to Brazilian sambas, MoMA’s To Save and Project festival is catnip for international film buffs.
Sunn O))) Bring Thunderous Drone Metal to Lincoln Center
Sunn O))) brought their thundering drone metal to Lincoln Center as part of Unsound New York, resulting in a performance both constrained and elevating.
London Film Festival 2024 Brings Mindfulness Amidst a Bustling Metropolis
Mindfulness is integral to cinema; thus, it’s fitting to emphasize time in 2024’s London Film Festival Festival, because every story is running out of it.
STS9 Light Up California with Transcendent Shows
STS9 conjure pure mana for the soul with their wizardly sonic alchemy. The livetronica tone scientists continue to play at a very high level.
On Tour with King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard at the End of Days
PopMatters hits the road for five shows in six days with psychedelic rock eco-rebels King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard who have taken the US by storm.