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| Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy's The Tribe. |
the reviews
and other
pieces I'm
working on
this month.
The Stranger Film Openings: Aloft Is Drama with a Capital D, Attention Must Be Paid to The Tribe, Ian McKellen Shines in Mr. Holmes, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence Is Bas-
ically a Live-Action Comic Strip About the Absurdity of Modern
Life, Two Unplanned Pregnancies in Unexpected, and Robin
Williams Gives a Nuanced Performance in Boulevard.
Slog/Film Opening count: 615 posts/reviews since 2011.
The Stranger Up & Comings: CROSSS, Gutless,
Homebody, and Big Priest, Vetiver and Sam Ami-
don, and Royal Headache, Dude York, and VHS.
For some reason, my Protomartyr U&C didn't make it to print:
Detroit quartet Protomartyr's Hardly Art debut, Under Color of Official Right, wasn't their first record, but it introduced them to their widest audience yet. Between Joe Casey's incantatory yelp and the band's post-hardcore attack, they recall the days when Midwestern giants like Hüsker Dü stalked the land (just add a little Gang of Four angularity to the equation). Though Greg Ahee, Scott Davidson, and Alex Leonard have what it takes to blow out your eardrums, they excel when they rein in that fury as on "Scum, Rise!," which threatens to explode, but never does, generating enough tension to power a stadium. Over the past year, they've recorded a split single with Kelley Deal’s R. Ring and a third album set for release this fall. Bring industrial-strength earplugs.
Video Librarian: Lost Songs - The Basement Tapes Contin-
ued [Blu-ray], Call the Midwife - Season Four [three-disc set],
Finding Tatanka, Slash - Live at the Roxy 9.25.14 [Blu-ray],
First Peoples - Americas, Béla Fleck - How to Write a Ban-
jo Concerto, My Prairie Home, Self Inflected, and Still.
Click here for The Tribe age-restricted, non-embeddable trailer.
Endnote: The Tribe image from Drafthouse Films.
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