Frazier Tharpe

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  • Aug 20, 2026
    On an especially sweltering July afternoon, the sun beats down on a group of men in prison blues brawling on the yard of Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail. Then director David...
  • Aug 19, 2026
    Every year there’s hand-wringing about the state of the music industry, but lately the concerns can feel more valid than usual. Algorithms are feeding us more of the same, all...
  • Aug 10, 2026
    In another timeline, we would’ve gotten the first true blockbuster adaptation of The Odyssey about 20 years ago, probably starring Sean Bean—one of the all-time great...
  • Jul 30, 2026
    Let’s get this out of the way: the last Marvel movie I was into—like, really dug—was Sam Raimi’s Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. The plot is all...
  • Jul 7, 2026
    The parking lots on Prairie Street in Inglewood love to see me coming. Whenever I’m running late to a show at the Forum or Sofi—i.e., always—I find myself at the...
  • May 20, 2026
    The first sign that Drake actually pulled his comeback off? The music videos. Great, distinct, rich visuals, nearly 20 of them, from an artist who is typically extremely hit-or-miss...
  • May 4, 2026
    For the contemporary movie nerd who consumes films then consumes all the media dissecting and discussing those films, Sean Fennessey looms large. As a host of Spotify x The...
  • Apr 17, 2026
    This story contains spoilers for the Season 2 finale of The Pitt, “9:00 PM.” Michael Robinavitch will live to intubate another day. From the beginning of The Pitt season...
  • Apr 8, 2026
    Driving around the morning after attending Ye’s sold-out show at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium, I found myself, understandably, in the mood for a Kanye set. Much of the...
  • Mar 24, 2026
    In 2002, during an instant-classic freestyle on Hot 97, Jay-Z rapped, “Even in my absence, my presence is felt. That gotta tell you I’m the king, dog, if nothing...
  • Jan 1, 2026
    Across 150 minutes, Marty Supreme charts a whirlwind nine months in the life of a table tennis wunderkind and New York City scammer, as he grows increasingly soulless in pursuit of...