American author Thomas Mullen presents a worrying picture of America (and the world) in his latest novel, The Blind Spots (Blind Spots in the US). Moving away from Atlanta in the 1940s and 50s as seen in the Darktown trilogy, we step into the near future with autocratic government, civil unrest, conflict between the haves
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You could assume designers and editors dictate what’s “in,” and consumers sheepishly just follow along. Sometimes, though, it’s the opposite. For decades, brands have instead relied on everyday trailblazers. Remember Malcolm Gladwell’s viral New Yorker story “The Coolhunt”? It’s still eerily relevant over 25 years later. For time immemorial, trendsetters have set trends (as they
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Did you know that the margarita is a “tribute cocktail,” a drink named in honor of a person? In this case, the honoree is Margarita Henkel, daughter of a German ambassador. In Buzzworthy, Vancouver-based author Jennifer Croll (Free the Tipple, Art Boozel) builds on this concept, introducing cocktails inspired by female writers from the 19th
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Writer/Director Peter Hengl’s feature debut, Family Dinner, mines the discomfort and cringe of awkward family dynamics at the dinner table to deliver memorable holiday horror. In this instance, the holiday is Easter, a rarity in the genre space.  Just in time for Easter, SCREAMBOX Exclusive Family Dinner will be served on April 7. The Austrian horror film follows an overweight teen
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Deadline’s Most Valuable Blockbuster tournament took a hiatus during the pandemic as movie theaters closed for the majority of 2020-2021 and theatrical day-and-date titles on both the big screen and studios’ respective streaming platforms became more prevalent. Coming back from that brink, the studios have largely returned to their theatrical release models and the downstream
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(Queens, New York) based rock outfit King Falcon have released their new song ‘Cadillac’ on Mascot Records. Melding indie-rock adventurousness with Classic Rock swagger, King Falcon’s ultra-catchy songwriting recalls artists like Black Keys, Cage The Elephant, Tame Impala, The Killers, Royal Blood, and Beck. ‘Cadillac’ was produced by Marshall Altman (Citizen Cope, Matt Nathanson, Kenny Wayne Shepherd,
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Timothée Chalamet, January 2023 (Photo by Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images) / Bob Dylan, January 1965 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) News Timothée Chalamet to Do His Own Singing in Bob Dylan Biopic, With Production to Begin in August, Director Says Woody Guthrie, Joan Baez, and Pete Seeger are all reportedly featured in James Mangold’s
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While we wait for Universal Pictures’ horror-comedy Renfield to sink its fangs into the big screen on April 14 – tickets are on sale now –  Bloody Disgusting has learned that Aptos Labs, Forward Studio, and Signal and Cipher are bringing blockchain to the movies with the launch of Free Renfield, an interactive web-based game that could
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