Slant Magazine

In terms of the tone and timbre of the new DC Universe of films and television series, it seems as if James Gunn’s Superman was an exception and not the rule. The film was blessed with a light touch, but every other DC pro...

Pop singer and actor Troye Sivan has reunited with his Boy Erased co-star and fellow Aussie Nicole Kidman in the music video for “She’s the Best,” the title track from his fourth studio album, due October 9. She’s the Best is the follow-up to Sivan’s 2023 album

James Gray’s zeal for the operatic was evident from the start of his career. The first of a trio of crime dramas that the filmmaker would make over the next decade, his 1994 debut feature, Little Odessa, follows Russian-Jewish mafia hitman Joshua Shapira (Tim Roth) after an assignment brings him back to the Brighton Beach neighborhood where his estranged famil...

Every protagonist in a video game is a vessel for player expression. With that in mind, there’s something especially apt about Beast of Reincarnation’s protagonist, Emma, being an amnesiac swordswoman. Her mission to absorb the power of the mutant Nushi so that she might slay the Beast of Reincarnation is an excuse for players to indulge in the power fantasy o...

“If you’re not getting happier as you get older, then you’re fucking up,” Ani DiFranco sings on “If Yr Not,” a track from her 2012 album Which Side Are You On? It was one of several bits of practical advice and hard-earned wisdom sprinkled throughout the singer...