New York Film Festival 2026 Movie Review: Sandra Hüller in ‘Rose’ – A 17th-century woman disguised as a man is, first, a soldier, then a farmer in a Protestant village. blogcritics.org/new-york-fil… #moviereview #filmreview #film @TheNYFF

Fantastic Fest Movie Review: Opening Night Surprises from ‘Resident Evil’ & ‘Beware Boiúna’ Leo Sopicki has our opening night coverage and movie reviews: blogcritics.org/fantastic-fe… @ResidentEvil @RE_Games #FantasticFest @fantasticfest #horror #BewareBoiuna #ResidentEvil #moviereview

Music Reviews: ‘American Cosmic Revival’ by Christian Parker & Friends, plus the Kennedys and Ned Hill Band blogcritics.org/music-review… #music #musicreview #countryrock

Music Reviews: George Harrison’s Pal Joe Brown, plus John R. Miller and Collective SoulBrown had several Top 5 hits in England but is little known in the U.S. Read more: blogcritics.org/music-review… @CollectiveSoul #CollectiveSoul #music #GeorgeHarrison

Comic Review: ‘Appleguy & Beefwood’ by Cedar Van Tassel, from Drawn+Quarterly: "a comic strip compilation that combines a classic pair-up comedy with world-building that’s altogether new." Read more: blogcritics.org/comic-review… #bookreview #books @DandQ

Music Reviews: The Cyrkle’s ‘Revival,’ C. Gibbs, Ray Campi—"By the end of 1966, these Sunshine pop purveyors seemed poised for even bigger successes, but that’s not how it unfolded..." Jeff Burger unfolds it: blogcritics.org/music-review… #rockabilly #musicreview #music @cgibbsmusic

RPG Review: ‘Vaesen – Mythic Britain & Ireland’ from Free League—Vaesan expands beyond Mythic Carpathia! Now players can explore from London to the Shetlands, lands with endless secrets, some mystical and some terrifying. blogcritics.org/rpg-review-v… @FreeLeaguePub #rpg #vaesen

Book Review: ‘Annie Lennox: Retrospective’ by Annie Lennox – The singer's #memoir pulls in more than 200 photos from her career. Pat Cuadros has our #bookreview: blogcritics.org/book-review-… #books #AnnieLennox #photography #music

Music Review: K!ART Performs Matthew Shlomowitz’s ‘Explorations in Polytonality and Other Musical Wonders, Vol. 5’— Musical wonders! Polytonality! You know we love it. Our review: blogcritics.org/music-review… #music #musicreview @NewFocusLabel

Music Reviews: Abigail Lapell Sings Her Way to Motherhood, plus a Rockabilly Anthology—the singer-songwriter "turns entirely inward for a soft-spoken standout about her journey to #motherhood." Our review: blogcritics.org/music-review… #music #musicreview #rockabilly @AbigailLapell

RPG Review: Vaesen—‘City of My Nightmares’—"Players who have crossed paths with these creatures before might recognize clues early on, [but] the true dangers often come from humans harboring shocking surprises." Our review: blogcritics.org/rpg-review-v… #rpg @FreeLeaguePub

Videogame Review: ‘ROMEO IS A DEAD MAN’ – Suda51’s Most Insane and Addictive Trip Yet. "A stylish, blood-soaked & utterly bizarre adventure." Our review: blogcritics.org/videogame-re… #videogame @suda_51 #RomeoIsADeadMan #videogamereview

Book Review: ‘Your Place in this World’ – American singer/songwriter/actor and author Jake La Botz has published his first book of collected fiction. Richard Marcus has our #bookreview: blogcritics.org/book-review-… #books #blues

Concert Review: Composer Portraits Presents Andrew McIntosh, with Yarn/Wire – "As tension builds, the instruments seem to take on human personalities in a wordless poetic drama..." Jon Sobel has our full review: blogcritics.org/concert-revi… #music @YarnWire

RPG Review: ‘Vaesen’ from Free League—"knowledge of the old ways often reveals more secrets than any sane person can comprehend." Jeff Provine has our review: blogcritics.org/rpg-review-v… #rpg #gaming #horrorgame #horror

Theater Review: Carrie Coon, Namir Smallwood in ‘Bug’—"a cocktail waitress and a Gulf War vet develop an unforgettable relationship in Tracy Letts’ comedic, compelling psychological drama." Full review: blogcritics.org/theater-revi… @CarrieCoonCom #theaterreview #theater #Bug

Book Review: ‘The Rose Field’ – The Book of Dust Vol. 3 by Philip Pullman—"Knowledge and awareness are two of the most dangerous things for autocrats. In Pullman’s world, The Magisterium are well aware of this..." blogcritics.org/book-review-… @PhilipPullman #hisdarkmaterials #books

Videogame Review: ‘Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch’ – A Tactically Addictive Roguelite. "The story is terrific, graphics are incredibly pleasing, and audio is stellar... just plain fun," writes our reviewer. Full review: blogcritics.org/videogame-re… #videogames @OceanDriveGames

Book Review: ‘The Haunting of Modesto O’Brien’ by Brit Griffin "Set in Ontario during the silver boom of the early 20th century, the novel takes us on a magical and slightly terrifying ride." Richard Marcus has our review: blogcritics.org/book-review-… #noir #books #bookreview

Graphic Novel Review: ‘Do Admit’ by Mimi Pond from Drawn+Quarterly tells the story of the 6 Mitford sisters—and the biographer herself. blogcritics.org/graphic-nove… @DandQ #graphicnovel #books #bookreview #MitfordSisters #mitford