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Television
Trumpidation: Reviewing The US Election TV Coverage
Brit Sean Kitching and American StarLynn Jacobs’ marriage has to date spanned the four-years of Donald Trump’s chaotic presidency - they sat up through the night to review the television coverage. Words: Sean Kitching and StarLynn Jacobs
The Quietus International
Complete Communion: Jazz For November Reviewed By Peter Margasak
Strong new albums from Mary Halvorson’s Code Girl, Nate Wooley’s Seven Storey Mountain, and New Hermitage nonchalantly reach beyond the language of jazz without abandoning its fundamental improvisational core, says Peter Margasak
Film
Welcome To Hallyuwood: Bong Joon-Ho’s Shorts And The Korean New Wave
Before Parasite, Bong Joon-ho had certainly always been keeping busy. At this year's London Korean Film Festival, two of the director's short films are testament to the dramatic rise of the Hallyuwood film industry, finds James Balmont
Film
Making The Case For Tearing Down Democratic Systems In ‘Boys State’
On the eve of the most crucial US presidential election of our lifetime, two recent films, Boys State & What The Constitution Means To Me, prove potent to unpack in order to make a case for the dismantling of our current democratic systems. Madeleine Seidel writes on Boys State and What The Constitution Means To Me
Film
Trolls World Tour: Feels Good Man, Pepe The Frog And Monstrous Memes
How did a harmless cartoon frog turn into an alt-right hate symbol? Feels Good Man charts the rise of Pepe the Frog from the mind of one affable animator's mind into the clutches of millions of keyboard warriors. Aron Keller speaks to the film's producer to find out more
Baker's Dozen
E3 Worldwide: Dizzee Rascal’s Favourite Albums
As Dizzee Rascal releases his first album since 2017, he guides Aaron Bishop through the songs that shaped him and how the artists behind them resonated with him from being the only black kid playing Nirvana on the estate to smoking with Snoop Dogg.
Metal
Columnus Metallicus: Heavy Metal For October Reviewed By Kez Whelan
There's a lockdown album from Possessor, an unexpected LP from Isengard, new Enslaved and Pallbearer's heaviest to date. The atrocities of 2020 show no signs of lessening, says Kez Whelan, but at least the soundtrack remains peerless
