Sweet but unsatisfying. My review of The Gas Station Attendant for @spectrumculture.bsky.social.
yet another day, yet another good horse band
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Maximum Turnover Drive
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Our critic went to the Tribeca Film Festival. Here is what he saw.
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Even within the subgenre of biographical rock docs, the new one about Gregg Allman is awful. Being produced by his former manager doesn't help.
You would be better off reading the Wikipedia article on his life while listening to his greatest hits playlist.
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Some may not enjoy REDSTAR WU, either because of its grim worldview or for its lack of cohesion, but you can never accuse Owusu of playing it safe. Those who respond well to it will likely find the re...
Big Fish Theory excels at doing the very thing Vince Staples continues to preach and lament to this day, breaking out of the cages of artistic and societal expectations.
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Rarely has a trash pile been so appealing, but as the new, “first-thought-best-thought” fueled Fruit Bats record proves, it's all a matter of where you're standing.
Turnover’s newfound balance of their past successes and misconceptions on Down on Earth has yielded their freest, boldest music in years.
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The Gas Station Attendant is a loving tribute to a friendly man and a touching exploration of his restless spirit that in the end feels like a polished home video accompanied by poetic narration.
Despite feeble little horse's best efforts to the contrary, bitknot feels like a way both to escape and to grapple with the world around us, one 25-minute burst at a time.
Though this year’s Tribeca Festival is unfortunately hampered by the inclusion of an AI-generated film, Dreams of Violets, there were plenty of films made with real human effort, seven of which we wer...
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The new documentary about the Southern rock legend is timid to a fault, hiding key details and declining to discuss his legacy in any significant way.
O Horizon either botches or leaves every major aspect of its production underdeveloped, except for a visual scheme that’s slickness stands out as incongruous with the story’s modesty of scale.
