Stories about TV
Out of the Crate: Revolutionary records to spin you into summer
Fire it up with classics and new releases from Sylvester, Run the Jewels, Caroline Rose, Eugene McDaniels, more
Screen Grabs: In the grip of hard truths—both political and personal
The Truth, Disclosure, Mr. Jones, and a slew of documentaries tackle everything from Soviet famine to Las Vegas shooting
ULTIMATE PRIDE GUIDE 2020: The protests, the parties (online), the poignant posters
A virtual cornucopia of rainbow explosions, including fundraisers, marches, and, of course, a jock strap Zoom party.
Screen Grabs: Trans films to the front for Pride
Plus: Miss Juneteenth, Babyteeth, Yourself and Yours, Runner, and more new movies to stream.
Puff: Get high on Pride
A special cannabis Quaran-Tea dance for charity, rainbow PLUS gummies, and Summit Boys caviar crumble cookies
Screen Grabs: Black history and protest films to stream now
Plus: Judy & Punch, Ursula von Rydingsvard, This Teacher, Cineola Film Festival, and more new movies.
Bandcamp Day picks: Support these great California artists directly
This Friday, the music sales site waives its fees again to benefit artists—and later this month it supports NAACP Legal Defense Fund
We’re all outside agitators at this point
The raging pandemic, our broken healthcare system, the ruined economy, the political corruption, the corporate greed, the militarized violence, the voter suppression, the dog-whistle presidential racism… it all just became too much.
Screen Grabs: Into ‘The Vast of Night’—and beyond
Sexism in the US music business and on the streets of Algeria, an unearthed Elizabeth Taylor curiosity, more films out now
Foreign Correspondent: Michael Flynn’s forgotten Turkish connection
Before Russiagate, the former national security advisor was an operative for Turkey, tilting foreign policy against the Kurds.