Tom Holland's performance of Spider-Man in Brand New Day marks a return to the moral philosophy that defines the character (Sony Pictures, 2026) The canon event of every Spider-Man starts in the same place. And no , it’s not when a radioactive spider gives him a life changing bite. Peter Parker had yet to discover his true identity, using his newfound powers to showboat his superior strength and earn money off a series of wrestling matches. Spider-Man was born in an alleywa

Exhausted travelers gather by their makeshift mobile homes, carving out a moment of peace in a landscape of hidden mines. Oliver Laxe’s Sirat is a survival story about several unlikely traveling companions making their way through the Sahara Desert. In a world that is falling apart, the film follows a group of Europeans who treat a dangerous landscape as a playground for spiritual and sensory liberation. By weaving together the energies of a desert rave with the religious sy

Attack on Titan Season 4 promotional poster. Credit: SlashFilm. Warning: Spoilers for Season 4 of Attack on Titan. With the cultural shift toward right wing ideas and aesthetics since the beginning of the 2020s, many have been examining the “alt-right pipeline” and what has led young developing teens and adults to adopt far-right rhetoric. A primary subject of this discussion has been anime, or animated Japanese media, which gained mainstream popularity in the United States b

It was Just an Accident Still What would you do if you met your torturer? A voice that has haunted your mind for years, an aura that sends a chill down your spine, with skin that you can feel even in your nightmares. Jafar Panahi’s 2025 film, It was Just an Accident, confronts the hard truths of what a victim would do in the company of their enemy. How would they treat the one who has inflicted fear and pain on their mind and body if they happened to cross paths? Set in Ira

Still from I 'm Still Here In I'm Still Here , director Walter Salles examines the intimate impact of dictatorship on one family in 1970s Brazil, following Eunice Paiva (played by Fernanda Torres) as she confronts the disappearance of her husband, former congressman Rubens Paiva (played by Selton Mello). Based on Marcelo Rubens Paiva’s 2015 memoir Ainda Estou Aqui, the film portrays the deep remembrance of the past and the journey to uncover the truth amid a world of polit

Radiohead members Ed O'Brien, Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Thom Yorke, and Phil Selway (Britannica, 2008) In 1987, a young musician survived the wreckage of a serious car crash . His girlfriend was injured. But he walked away, unscathed. From the twisted metal and suspended moment emerged the image he would later immortalize: a “jackknifed juggernaut, born again.” Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke stood outside the aftermath of folded metal and broken glass. Though he had be

"I Lied to You" Scene Still Music has always been deeply connected to culture. I remember as a young child my father would play the songs of artists spanning centuries, their voices kept alive through music. My mother would tell the stories from Africa, of our family and history, sharing the melodies of our culture. Storytelling through music and folklore passes history down through generations, preserving the voices of culture. The magnetic and life changing film released Ap

Jayce Talis, the scientist behind Hextech, working with the arcane crystal. (Riot Games, Arcane ). This November is a big one for computer scientists and engineers. It marks the 37th birthday of Wojciech Zaremba, the computer scientist who founded OpenAI , and the third anniversary of the release of ChatGPT , one of the first accessible language learning models available to the public. And when their compilers switch off and the television switches on for a Netflix binge, the

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