Top 100 Albums of 2014
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2015 · Leave a Comment
Honorable Mention: #100: Get Hurt by The Gaslight Anthem #99: They Want My Soul by Spoon #98: Motion by Calvin Harris #97: The Joy of Motion by Animals as Leaders #96: Dialects by Snowmine #95: Emmaar by Tinariwen #94: The Fire is Gone by Midnight Faces #93: The Endless River by Pink Floyd #92: Count […]
Category top 10 albums by year, top 10 lists, z.slideshow · Tags ... And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Adebisi Shank, Alcest, Alex Clare, Animals as Leaders, Ásgeir, Band of Skulls, Bear's Den, Beck, Blood Red Shoes, Bombay Bicycle Club, Broken Bells, Broods, Calvin Harris, Chromeo, Clean Bandit, Cold War Kids, Coldplay, Conor Oberst, Crosses, Damien Rice, David Guetta, Delta Spirit, Det Stora Monstret, Devan DuBois, Dum Dum Girls, Empires, First Aid Kit, Foo Fighters, Foster the People, Gramatik, HAERTS, Haunted Hearts, Hercules & Love Affair, Highasakite, Hozier, Ingrid Michaelson, Interpol, Jack White, James Vincent McMorrow, Jenny Lewis, Johnny Marr, Kaiser Chiefs, Kan Wakan, Karmin, Kelis, Kishi Bashi, La Roux, Lake Street Dive, Lana Del Rey, Lee Fields, Leela James, Leisure Cruise, Lia Ices, Lights, Lily Allen, Lindsey Stirling, Little Dragon, LP, Lykke Li, Madi Diaz, Manchester Orchestra, Mark Lanegan Band, Matisyahu, Midnight Faces, Mr Little Jeans, MØ, Nicole Atkins, OK Go, Owen Pallett, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Patterns, Phantogram, Pharrell Williams, Pink Floyd, Ray LaMontagne, Reuben and the Dark, Run the Jewels, Russian Red, Ryan Adams, SBTRKT, Sharon Van Etten, Sia, Skrillex, Smashing Pumpkins, Snowmine, Spoon, St. Paul & The Broken Bones, St. Vincent, Stars, Strand of Oaks, Sylvan Esso, Tank, Temples, Tessanne Chin, The Black Keys, The Chain Gang of 1974, The Drums, The Gaslight Anthem, The Griswolds, The Horrors, The New Pornographers, The Preatures, The Raveonettes, The War on Drugs, The Wind and the Wave, Tinariwen, TV on the Radio, Tycho, Uh Huh Her, Warpaint, Wu-Tang Clan, Wye Oak, Young the Giant, Zola Jesus, †††
Top Ten Films of 2013: A year in cinema to write home about
Posted by Jared Mobarak on March 1, 2014 · Leave a Comment
2013 has been a banner year for cinema with a slew of quality pictures that makes you wonder how only nine got enough first place votes to earn an Oscar nomination for Best Picture. Most of my favorites could have filled that elusive tenth spot for some added acclaim—whether having a chance to win or […]
Category essays, top 10 films, z.slideshow · Tags 12 Years a Slave, 20 Feet From Stardom, A Band Called Death, A Separation, A Touch of Sin, Adèle Exarchopoulos, After Tiller, Ain't Them Bodies Saints, Al-Midan, Alfonso Cuarón, American Hustle, Amy Adams, Asghar Farhadi, Barkhad Abdi, Bastards, Before Midnight, Before Sunset, Blackfish, Blood Brother, Blue Is the Warmest Color, Blue Jasmine, Brie Larson, Call Me Kuchu, Captain Phillips, Casey Affleck, Cate Blanchett, Charlie Kaufman, Child's Pose, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Cutie and the Boxer, Dallas Buyers Club, David Lowery, David O. Russell, Dead Man Down, Despicable Me 2, Destin Daniel Cretton, Downloaded, Emma Thompson, Epic, Ethan Hawke, Europa Report, Frozen, Fruitvale Station, Gravity, Greta Gerwig, Harmony Korine, Her, I'm So Excited!, iNumber Number, Jagten, James Franco, Jared Leto, Jehane Noujaim, Jeremy Renner, Joaquin Phoenix, John Dies at the End, Jonah Hill, Julie Delpy, June Squibb, Kaze Tachinu, L'image manquante, La grande bellezza, La Vénus à la fourrure, La vie d'Adèle, Le passé, Léa Seydoux, Lee Daniel's The Butler, Leonardo DiCaprio, Les salauds, Leviathan, Like Father Like Son, Lupita Nyong’o, Mads Mikkelsen, Margot Robbie, Martin Scorsese, Matthew McConaughey, Melonie Diaz, Michael B. Jordan, Michael Fassbender, Monsters University, Mud, Museum Hours, Narco Cultura, Nebraska, Noah Baumbach, Octavia Spencer, Oldboy, Omar, One Night, Only Lovers Left Alive, Oprah Winfrey, Poziţia copilului, Primer, Quartet, Richard Linklater, Rooney Mara, Ryan Coogler, Sally Hawkins, Saving Mr. Banks, Scarlet Johansson, Shane Carruth, Short Term 12, Simon Killer, Skrillex, Spike Jonze, Spring Breakers, Steve McQueen, The Croods, The East, The Great Beauty, The Hunt, The Lords of Salem, The Missing Picture, The Past, The Square, The Wind Rises, The Wolf of Wall Street, Una noche, Upstream Color, Venus in Fur
REVIEW: The Beauty Strip [2014]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on January 24, 2014 · Leave a Comment
“I think individuality is a very complex thing” There’s no better description for Marshmallow Press Productions than “cinema for the obscure viewer”—at least where their newest on-demand offering The Beauty Strip is concerned. Is its sixty-minutes a series of erotica music videos for electronica bands like Zigo Rayonpineal, Occurrences in Rain, Names, and Bob Orum? […]
Category documentary, film reviews, musical/concert, shorts · Tags Barbie, Bob Orum, Ginnetta Correli, Luci Lux, Mari Kris, Ms. Bliss, Names, Occurrences in Rain, Sage Bell, Skrillex, The Beauty Strip, Twenty Stars, Zigo Rayonpineal
REVIEW: Spring Breakers [2013]
Posted by Jared Mobarak on December 18, 2013 · Leave a Comment
“He’s going to give you a way out” Writer/director Harmony Korine has created an anthem for the hedonistic American Dream of hustling, fucking, and giving the middle finger to the consequences. It only feels this good when the stakes are high enough to barely make it out alive, after all. This is the balls-to-the-wall atmosphere […]
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