What a shame that this well-meaning look at the absurdity of gay conversion camps — it won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance this year — lacks the teeth to make its points stick. Based on a 2012 YA novel by Emily M. Danforth, The Miseducation of Cameron Post is …
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Set on Cape Cod during the sizzling summer of 1991 – and on the cusp of Hurricane Bob’s arrival – Hot Summer Nights features breakout star Timothee Chalamet as Daniel, a teen who’s been sent by his widowed mom to spend the season on Cape Cod with his Aunt Barb …
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For most of his rise, Chance the Rapper has been hip-hop’s good guy. He’s wholesome, preaches about the importance of family and has an inspirational sonic and real-world narrative arc – Chance strays, then prays and ultimately saves. He’s like a rap version of Arthur the Aardvark. This isn’t a …
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If Brandi Carlile‘s Girls Just Wanna Weekend is truly successful, she may never have to do it again. Featuring a lineup of all women, including Carlile, Maren Morris, Indigo Girls, Margo Price, Patty Griffin, Lucius, KT Tunstall, Secret Sisters and Ruby Amanfu, the festival was created by the By the …
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UPDATE: After Pussy Riot’s World Cup-disrupting stunt Sunday, the collective wrote on Facebook that the four members involved in“Policeman enters the Game” spent the “whole night at the police station (note that there are no conditions to sleep, eat, take a shower etc)” and were not permitted to meet with …
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UPDATE:Stream Wiz Khalifa’sRolling Papers 2below. Wiz Khalifa has unveiled the track list for his forthcoming Rolling Papers 2. The project features several guests, including Snoop Dogg, Ty Dolla $ign, Gucci Mane, Swae Lee and Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. The 25-song set also includes a posthumous feature from Jimmy Wopo (“Blue Hunnids,” which …
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I’ve been talking and thinking about this fun-to-decode, impossible-to-forget gift from the cinema gods since I saw it at Sundance in January. Now Eighth Grade is going into wide release – and no excuses will be accepted for you missing it. First-time filmmaker Bo Burnham – the 27-year-old, comedy-and-music dude …
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Hannah Gadsby knows how to put an audience at ease. The Australian comedian delivers her jokes mildly, dryly, with a gentle lilt and a reassuring smile that can crack the ice in the toughest of rooms. And it’s this gift that has uniquely positioned her to upend stand-up as a …
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