Wonder Wheel review: An unfunny melodrama that leaves Allen's classics distant memories

Now he might need to beam his films into outer space to find a receptive audience. Wonder Wheel is his 49th film as a director and, with old sexual assault accusations resurfacing among the #MeToo’ protests, it is rumoured his 50th, A Rainy Day In New York, won’t be released. And there’s nothing remotely funny […]

Lorde Releases Videos for Six “Reimagined” Tracks from ‘Melodrama’

Once upon a time, when an artist wanted to prove their musical bona fides by performing stripped-down, acoustic versions of their hits, they went on a little program called MTV Unplugged, and they got a whole TV special (and, often, an album too) out of the deal. Alas, those times have changed. MTV doesn’t have […]

Prepare for Some ‘Melodrama’: Lorde Announces New Album, Shares Single/Video, “Green Light”

The now very familiar cycle of: cryptic videos + social media account changes predating a mysterious musical release happened this week with Lorde, starting at the beginning of the week. And everyone suspected, as prompted by the artist, that something, likely a single, would land by the week’s end. Lo and behold, it’s here, it’s called “Green […]