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Halloween is upon us, and with the holiday comes classics in film, TV shows, music and books. The Recess staff selected some of the spookiest media to enjoy on All Hallows Eve:
After more than two years, Daredevil finally returns with a third season and a new vitality. When we last saw Matthew Murdock (Charlie Cox), a.k.a Daredevil, he had been put through the ringer.
As one of the most recognizable rappers in recent history, Lil Yachty has accomplished a lot during his short tenure on the mainstream rap scene. With two songs peaking within the the Billboard Top 10 and a record deal with industry giants Quality Control, Yachty’s career blew up in a matter of months. However, after a disappointing second studio album in “Lil Boat 2,” Yachty, ironically, had a lot to prove on his new studio album “Nuthin’ 2 Prove.” Is this the key that will finally cement Lil Yachty’s place in the Atlanta trap scene?
Over the summer, I attended a screening of Paul Thomas Anderson’s music documentary “Junun,” which featured a Q&A with the director himself along with some of his co-conspirators in the making of the film. Among them was Jonny Greenwood, who has become Anderson’s chosen composer, responsible for the scores for “There Will Be Blood,” “Inherent Vice” and, most recently, “Phantom Thread.”
Standing on the side of the stage as a stadium crowd roars and Bradley Cooper’s teasing cowboy crooner begs her to join him, Lady Gaga’s Ally has a choice to make. She can walk out on the stage and sing a duet with him, or she can let the opportunity of a lifetime pass. It’s a trope that you’ve seen a dozen times, but you can’t help the voice in your head begging her to do it. You know she’s going out there, but God, what if she doesn’t?
2018 has been a good one for indie albums, with hits like Courtney Barnett’s “Tell Me How You Really Feel” and Mitski’s “Be the Cowboy.” Young the Giant is providing yet another one with the newly released “Mirror Master.”
What do a racist vacuum salesman, an elderly priest, a young African-American woman and a rude hippie have in common?
Adult-oriented animated programing is rarely praised for its tastefulness and maturity.
“It begins like this,” says the soothing voice over as “Maniac” opens with the colorful image of an amoeba. But wait, that isn’t the beginning — we need to go back even farther.
The year: 1984. The place: Detroit, Michigan.
Consuming art takes time.
An intimate account of suffering personal relationships and uncertainty about sexuality; a glimpse into a frantic mind where incoherent thoughts fly in every direction; a criticism of the music industry; a childhood memory; a desperate confession of responsibility and coping: All are achieved by BROCKHAMPTON’s latest album “iridescence.”
“Whose University? Our University."
Very few, at least in West Union, acted like a Hurricane was going to strike Durham on Wednesday.
Last fall, the fourth season of “BoJack Horseman” landed — perhaps for the first time in the show’s run — on something like hope.
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“Eighth Grade” opens with an image of a screen, blurry with the resolution of a webcam. Kayla Day (Elsie Fisher) speaks directly to the camera.
In his fourth studio album as Blood Orange, British-born Devonté Hynes delves into what is is like to be a black swan in a society that continues to place outsider labels on people of colour, as well as those who are queer.
It could have all been so perfect.
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