Writer-director Tom McCarthy often works in a quiet, unadorned style. Hes also capable of affection for his characters that can verge on overbearing. In 2015, these qualities were inadvertently placed at odds through a pair of films he happened to release in the same year, one an exacting Best Picture…

Aside from its Avus wheels and subtle badging, todays Nice Price or No Dice S6 doesnt look all that different from its A6 Avant cousins. Its whats under those looks that counts, however, and well have to decide if thats enough for the seller to count on getting the cars…

The thoughtful and ambitious indie drama Nine Days is writer-director Edson Odas debut feature, but it has such a distinct look and feel that it comes across like the work of a more seasoned artist. This is both a plus and a minus. More often than not, its better when…

Hand-Wired Hell Help Do you dream of building a curvy ergonomic keyboard or macro pad, even though the idea of hand wiring gives you nightmares? You can make it a bit less troublesome with a tiny PCB for each key switch, as long as you have a reflow oven or…

Enigmatic Dutch synth inventor Gijs Gieskes has a musical instrumental response to the strangeness of late capitalism – and it’s oddly poetic. And patchable. It’s a synth about finance. There’s a millennial, lost in an electronic forest – with a gender encoder you can use to set their gender. (Needs…

I’m Turkey Rick! Adult Swim Rick and Morty is beginning to resemble South Park, and not in a good way. Don’t get me wrong – I like South Park – but the show has always wallowed in its own chaotic stupidity, while Rick and Morty is known for taking stupid…

The Views Meghan McCain on Monday dramatically denounced a Montana man who confronted Fox News star Tucker Carlson at a sporting goods store, describing the local fly-fishing guides actions as incredibly dangerous and comparing him to the congressional baseball shooter. In a video that he shared on his Instagram account…

On the evening of January 6th, while National Guard troops were still trying to remove an insurrectionist mob from the Capitol, the right-wing activist L. Brent Bozell III appeared as a guest on Fox Business. They believe this election was stolen, he said, of the rioters. I agree with them. They are…

As a carer, she actually added something of value to the world, which was more than Emma Bovary ever did. She was kind to old Mr. Hansen, and competent, and worked hard for a living, no doubt underpaid by some agency that was raking in the profits. And yet I…

(Image credit: Matt Swider / Instagram) PS5 restock tracker Matt Swider has helped 59,700 people in the US buy a next-gen console in 2021 with his tireless 24/7 tracking, in-stock Twitter alerts and exclusive restock reporting. Even if it feels impossible, buying the PS5 console today is easier than it…