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A movie in which a guy kidnaps girls to harvest their body parts to sell to rich people for dinner. It features the girl from Normal People.
A film that does an especially good job of depicting a world seen through AR contact lenses.
A puzzle film that builds suspense through its mysterious plot, involving a second murder that happens unexpectedly.
A Hulu series marked by intergenerational humor, featuring Martin Short, Steve Martin, and Selena Gomez.
A 1948 Hitchcock movie famous for its appearance of being one long take, starting with a murder and spending the next eighty minutes watching the characters dance around the body.
Norm Macdonald's last comedy special, filmed in a small room with headphones on before going into surgery for cancer.
A high octane thriller dripping with pathos, focused on a jeweler and gambler.
A documentary that chronicles the match between the Go player Lee Sedol and the AI program AlphaGo.
The prototype film that preceded Uncut Gems, also high on thrill and emotional depth.
A documentary about how narco culture has permeated Mexico and the United States.
A documentary about a groundbreaking summer camp for teenagers with disabilities.
The story of The Strokes, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, LCD Soundsystem, Interpol, Vampire Weekend, and the 2000s New York City music scene as a whole.
A film where memories are erased with a flash of light, referenced in a discussion about luxury hospitality and brand equity.
The most thrilling action film in a generation, Nobody is a serious genre picture that never takes itself too seriously. Sometimes these lists become weighted down with arthouse fare; brilliant artistic achievements that don’t pass the “do you click the remote button every time you see it running on cable” test. Nobody has already passed that test for me about five times. This film knows what it is. Brilliant.
A content series set in Venice, featuring the Brunetti Mysteries.
A documentary by Todd Haynes about the influential rock band The Velvet Underground.
The excellent 1976 documentary available on Youtube, featuring a famous scene of the riders in the Roubaix showers.
A documentary closely related to 'The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood', providing a visual exploration of old Hollywood.
A movie mentioned as watched multiple times with a note on the possibility of a sequel in the future.
The story of a French serial killer who preyed on young tourists in Asia in the 70s. He would charm unsuspecting travelers and then drug, rob, and usually kill them, getting away with it for years.
An interactive Netflix TV show where viewers make decisions for Bear Grylls in life-or-death situations.
A film by Stanley Kubrick that renders a not-too-distant future, incorporating contributions from major brands for its set designs and influencing future design trends.
A documentary about the making of Fleetwood Mac's album.
Documentary on the life and work of Arthur Russell, an influential composer, singer-songwriter, cellist, and disco producer.
A documentary on New York street culture, focusing on hip-hop and graffiti art movements during the early 1980s.
A documentary delving into the history and impact of Wax Trax! Records, a pivotal label in the industrial music scene.
A recommended watch for those interested in Nick Cave, as suggested in the shoutout of the day.
A series focused on homes that adapt to landscapes, with each episode spotlighting architecture that complements its natural surroundings.
A French political and espionage thriller television series created by Éric Rochant, focused on the French intelligence agency DGSE.
A spectacular French political and espionage thriller that unfolds within the French intelligence agency DGSE, focusing on the division that sends agents into harm's way under non-official cover.
A 1983 film that might conjure a vision of down-and-out punks squatting abandoned buildings in the US, mentioned in the context of squatter culture contrast.
A financial crisis film that is smarter and subtler than its peers, focusing more on the people involved in the 2008 events.
Expanded from an SNL sketch into a film, it is highlighted by Jeff Hughes for its humor.
Praised for its requirement to be watched on the big screen, described as pure, unadulterated cinema.
A documentary about the fight to overcome the AIDS epidemic through political activism.
A sad, Bukowski-esque Chicago story that showcases Dennis Farina’s career-best performance.
Satire raised to the level of high art, this film is recommended for its profound impact, prompting viewers to feel a desire to dance in the streets after watching.
Declared as the best film of 1994, Hoop Dreams is celebrated for its considerable achievement though the author admits to not having revisited it frequently.
Contains what the author considers the best scene of the decade, featuring Melissa McCarthy and Richard E. Grant.
Described as satire raised to the level of high art and compared to This is Spinal Tap.
Appreciated for its Hollywood storytelling quality that could belong to the mid-70s.
A movie that came out in 1994, known for its humor and quotability according to Jeff Hughes.
'Blended' is the third rom-com featuring Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore, known for its international success especially in Latin America.
'Jack and Jill' is a 2011 gender-swap flick featuring Adam Sandler, noted for its performance in Brazilian theaters despite low ratings.
Directed by Spike Jonze, “How They Get There” is a short starring skateboarding god Mark Gonzales. The impact of this short, despite its context and comparison to Spike’s later work, is highlighted for its memorable first impression back in 1999.
A documentary about the influential New York City music store Other Music, which closed in 2016 after 20 years of being a hub for indie music.
A film that documents the Polynesian effort to regain traditional maritime navigation methods and includes using a Star compass, taking in physical signals from the sea, wind, skies, and stars, passed down through cultural knowledge.
A documentary film that documents the Polynesian effort to regain traditional maritime navigation methods.
The BBC/HBO drama that looks at the political, technological, and scientific shifts over the next 15 years through the lens of one middle-class family.
A biopic that discusses the history of Factory Records and its approach to music and design.
A movie about borders set before World War 2 but filmed in modern-day France, an homage to Casablanca.
A miniseries by HBO that has received impressive ratings and lived up to the hype.
A TV show about a self-absorbed woman who dies and finds herself mistakenly in 'The Good Place', a non-denominational heaven, and takes ethics lessons from a moral philosophy professor to avoid being discovered and sent to 'The Bad Place'.
A documentary featuring Nick Cave, including a recount of a performance by Nina Simone towards the end of her career.
A series designed for a world of content abundance, focusing on slow and immersive experiences.
A show featuring the Top Gear team embarking on various challenges and adventures, initially focused on the regular Top Gear format of in-studio guests and celebrity track races but later evolving to place more emphasis on big challenges or adventures based on viewer preferences.
A Prime Video show about the McLaren F1 team that goes much deeper into the car.
A film directed by Ed Zwick about the possible wrongful conviction and death of a Texas man. Based on the story by David Grann.
“Aaj Shanibar” is one of the four tracks from the album Disco Jazz by Rupa, which stands out for its eight-minute runtime and high-energy, ever-shifting instrumentals. It has gained significant popularity on YouTube, becoming an example of how lost songs reach a new generation of listeners across the world.
An album composed by Philip Glass, noted for its repetitiveness and use in a collaboration with theater designer Robert Wilson.
Parker’s album features an interplay between guitarist Jeff Parker, bassist Anna Butterss, saxophonist Josh Johnson, and drummer Jay Bellerose. It is favored highly by the author and is not available on any streaming platform, making it a unique find.
The album features psychedelic music by Sister Irene O'Connor, an Australian nun. It has gained attention for its enchanting piece of music, particularly the song called "Fire", and has been highlighted by several fans including The Avalanches. It has also been sampled by artists like James Blake and made TV appearances.
A revived dive atmosphere hosting some of the best up and coming acts in the region.
Disco Jazz is Rupa's first and only album, released in 1982. Regarded as a long-lost Indian disco record, it gained a new following years later thanks to a combination of algorithms and word-of-mouth. The album stands out for breaking from typical Indian disco conventions, featuring songs that are more spacious than Bollywood music of the era. It incorporates a mix of Hindi and Bengali lyrics, sarod and extended Western funk guitar solos, and has elements of Balearic beat music.
A song released 50 years ago by Adriano Celentano, intended as a troll to prove a point that Italians would like any English song, using gibberish to mimic the sound of English.
Handel’s best opera, premiered in 1735 featuring the famous aria 'Tornami a vagheggiar'.
A 2020 opera by Matthew Aucoin with each sung line projected into the set, offering complete control over what the audience sees, hears, and reads.
A 1957 Prestige album by the blind, avant-garde street musician Moondog. The cover, entirely handed over to Warhol's mother's flowing, looping script, features text literally telling the story of Moondog. Finished by Reid Miles with alternating vivid greens and blues.
Johnny Griffin’s album featuring a cover designed by Andy Warhol in collaboration with Reid Miles, based on photos by Francis Wolff.
A 1957 Prestige album by the blind, avant-garde street musician Moondog with a cover designed by Andy Warhol, featuring his mother Julia Warhola's script.
The Rolling Stones album featuring the ‘zipper’ cover designed by Andy Warhol.
The ‘banana’ cover album by The Velvet Underground & Nico produced by Andy Warhol.
A series of compilations called Death Is Not The End featuring recordings of adverts that appeared on London pirate radio during various time periods. These compilations document the original native advertising and the underground music scene in London from 1984 to 1993.
A collection of the classical pieces Moondog wrote in Germany in the '80s and '90s.
A broad survey of Moondog's work, containing some vocal tracks.
A completely re-recorded version of Taylor Swift's album 'Red', the third album she recorded during an extraordinarily productive pandemic period.
An album by the electronic duo Daft Punk, initially questioned for its quality, but part of the discourse on Pitchfork's re-scoring of albums.
A book by Bob Mehr about The Replacements, an American rock band.
A cult producer's iconic album, known for its unique beats and expressive use of the MPC3000.
A romance novel about a 39-year-old art gallery owner in LA who gets involved in a love affair with a 20-year-old rock star.
An album by Miles Davis that was an inspiration for the song White Rabbit by Jefferson Airplane.
An often overlooked but invaluable member of the jazz canon recorded in 1961 by Lee Konitz, featuring Elvin Jones and bassist Sonny Dallas.
Ted Gioia's account offering a pleasant yet authoritative dive into jazz.
Kamasi Washington's 2015 album, marking a groundbreaking move for the next generation of jazz.
A 1997 album by Yo La Tengo, described by Pitchfork as 'cozy' in a 20th-anniversary review.
John Prine's last album, The Tree of Forgiveness, showcases his singular songwriting talents and includes the song 'Boundless Love'.
An album by Moondog that has become a favourite for listening while working or commuting.
A 2016 album by Elena Kats-Chernin, enjoyed for its ability to accompany reading and office work.
The newest album by HTRK, an Australian band signed to Sam Valenti’s Ghostly label, known for their dark atmospherics, great songwriting, and some occasional feral swagger.
A moody masterpiece album from 1996 by DJ Shadow, comprised from long-forgotten breaks and samples.
The most famous sleeve designed by Peter Saville for Factory Records, featuring a 'found' graphic of a pulsar on a space black sleeve.
A track by Ross From Friends that exemplifies the lo-fi house genre, known for its gritty sound, heavy on bass, built from simple synths and samples.
A very fun website where you can look at idioms and expressions from different cultures across the globe.
An AI-based app that generates personalized soundscapes to aid focus and block out noise.
Timeshifter is an app that prescribes specific activities such as when to see light, avoid light, rest, consume caffeine, and other small activities in a linear table to help adjust to new time zones quickly. It offers sleep optimization advice and can include melatonin and/or caffeine suggestions.
A mobile application that provides daily Go problems to solve, mostly for beginners.
A public toilet app, a resource for tracking down a potty in a pinch.
A super-simple app that acts like a digital spirograph for creating geometric drawings.
An app that integrates with CGM to provide insights into blood sugar management, showing the impact of food and other factors on glucose levels.
A device applied to the upper arm that pairs with an app to provide real-time blood glucose levels, useful for managing diabetes or blood sugar levels.
GeoGuessr is a geography game which takes you on a journey around the world and challenges your ability to recognize your surroundings. It drops players in a random Google Street View location without map markings, and they need to figure out where they are.
Developed by Simon Willison, this tool uses Playwright to capture screenshots from the command line.
A tool designed to assist with grievances related to Daylight Saving Time.
A Node library which provides a high-level API to control Chrome or Chromium over the DevTools Protocol. Puppeteer runs headless by default, but can be configured to run full (non-headless) Chrome or Chromium.
A tool for writing frontend or end-to-end tests that essentially reproduce the work of a human tester by clicking around an application using code instead of muscles.
A French political and espionage thriller that unfolds within the French intelligence agency DGSE. The series focuses on the division that sends agents into harm’s way under non-official cover in non-permissive environments to gather information relevant to French strategic interests. It emphasizes the human side of intelligence gathering, the emotional consequences, and features a slow-burn realism.
The new king of the hill for personal finance tracking. Brilliant for tracking personal finance.
A reminder and note app praised for its beautiful design and user-friendly interface, featuring customizable widgets.
A good way to organize and manage audio files on your phone, much better and more purposeful than generic file-sharing or native apps.
An astrology app that the narrator finds too accurate and sometimes needs to moderate usage.
An App that lets you design your own background frequencies.
A simple utility app that turns your phone into a level for tasks like hanging a picture or a shelf.
An open standard that provides a unique way of streaming geospatial data so that it can be quickly and easily rendered on any device.
An open-source plugin that allows developers in Unreal Engine to build games and simulations that span a highly accurate representation of the entire planet earth.
A commercial subscription platform that takes data in dozens of formats and host, optimizes, and stream it as a service to any device.
An engine for visualizing the world—and the objects within it—with extreme precision in time-aware 3D.
A meditation app focused on breathing without mantras, talking, or stories. Features a simple interface with sound and visuals for guided breathing.
An app called Assembly, praised for its ability to easily generate and modify original content in high resolution for creative assets.
An accessible reading tool app featuring some of the best AI-generated voices, which instantly converts PDFs into audio experiences.
An app built by the Cornell Ornithology Department for identifying and learning about different raptors.
App designed to help users unplug by blocking distracting websites and apps.
A tool used to block news and social media during the workday to increase productivity.
Connects users to other professionals for live, virtual coworking sessions to keep them on task.
An app where you pick a decade and a country, and you can listen to the top songs of the time.
A kitchen timer app for managing multiple tasks simultaneously, offering features for customization, concurrent timing, and preventing phone screen dim or sleep.
A personal productivity tool notable for its age (12 years old) and its feature set including projects, tasks with due dates, and an inbox for random ideas and todos. It also offers a Weekly Review feature for setting a review cadence on projects.
An app released by Richie Hawtin that allows users to watch performances from CLOSE COMBINED from a variety of angles and deconstruct or isolate certain layers as they listen. It features an edit of a 2017 performance in Hungary and promises more archival live shows to be released exclusively within the app. Future live stream capability is also mentioned for real-time interaction with Hawtin's performances.
A writing app designed to keep writers focused by deleting their work if they stop writing for too long.
An interactive video game about heartbreak. Florence is appreciated for its artistic elements built into the game, making it feel more like art than an app.
A soccer video game by EA Sports that features Kiyan Prince, a soccer player who was murdered 15 years ago, as its newest star. The game includes detailed recreations of Kiyan's likeness, speed, and style of play.
A popular soccer simulation video game featuring the newest star, Kiyan Prince, a promising young player tragically killed 15 years ago. The game faithfully represents Kiyan Prince's characteristics, from his likeness to speed and style of play.
A critically acclaimed open-world adventure game for the Nintendo Switch, known for its beautiful design and engaging puzzles.
A mini-size version of Sega Genesis, coming out in mid-September just in time for hibernation.