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CD Reviews
Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Various Artists

 Rap has long gone international, and the idea of using the shuffling beats and staccato cadences to communicate political ideas and frustrations took hold in the Middle East. Arab-language rap was a factor in the Arab Spring, and
Film
Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Mud

Matthew McConaughey’s mystic Southern fugitive

After directing Take Shelter, an intriguing “Twilight Zone”-style tale of madness and apocalypse in America’s heartland, Jeff Nichols moves south to Arkansas for a strong follow-up, Mud. His protagonists are a pair of