The Bizarre World of Aztec NSBM
Until the End of the World, Director’s Cut
The director’s cut of Wim Wenders’ 1991 film Until the End of the World is both a masterpiece and a remarkably astute commentary on its demise as an artistic category, shattered into fragments by the technological advances it both celebrates and repudiates.(...)
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground
Sounds of Survival: From Ukrainian Underground is so consistently good that its social function almost seems extraneous. We should have been listening to this music before we felt it was our democratic duty.(...)
Xi Jinping’s Globalisation Gamble
The orchestration of Chinese politics by the Communist Party continues. But this year, the National People’s Party Congress was different.(...)
Lessons From the Coronavirus Crisis
The end of the tunnel is nowhere in sight. Coronavirus continues to infect the globe. (...)