Film

[Trailer] Abandoned

Michael Gutierrez 11/14/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/14/22

[Trailer] Abandoned

Remote farmhouse…haunted! With Michael Shannon.

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[Trailer] After Ever Happy

Michael Gutierrez 11/11/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/11/22

[Trailer] After Ever Happy

The most inspired film title since Rural Juror.

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[Trailer] Good Night Oppy

Michael Gutierrez 11/10/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/10/22

[Trailer] Good Night Oppy

I served with Wall-E. I knew Wall-E. Wall-E was a friend of mine. Oppy, you’re no Wall-E.

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[Trailer] The Lair

Michael Gutierrez 11/9/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/9/22

[Trailer] The Lair

Not the one about gay vampires. The one about deadly, man-made biological weapons.

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[Trailer] The Ambush

Michael Gutierrez 11/8/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/8/22

[Trailer] The Ambush

Hungry for a UAE-funded propaganda film about the Yemen war from the director of Taken?

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[Trailer] Let There Be Drums!

Michael Gutierrez 11/7/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/7/22

[Trailer] Let There Be Drums!

The documentary preferred by 9 out of 10 drummers.

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[Trailer] A Chance Encounter

Michael Gutierrez 11/4/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/4/22

[Trailer] A Chance Encounter

Before Sunrise, with less attractive leads.

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[Trailer] Hot Blooded: Once Upon A Time In Korea

Michael Gutierrez 11/3/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/3/22

[Trailer] Hot Blooded: Once Upon A Time In Korea

Seems like there are a lot of gangsters in Korea. It’s a quality of life issue.

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[Trailer] My Special Boy

Michael Gutierrez 11/2/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/2/22

[Trailer] My Special Boy

A Friday the 13th fan film? Is this legal?

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[Trailer] On The Line

Michael Gutierrez 11/1/22 Michael Gutierrez 11/1/22

[Trailer] On The Line

On the Line? Let’s slip Mel some liquor and get him Over the Line for old time’s sake.

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[Trailer] Tár

Michael Gutierrez 10/31/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/31/22

[Trailer] Tár

Cate Blanchett is…Tár!

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[Trailer] Ticket to Paradise

Michael Gutierrez 10/28/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/28/22

[Trailer] Ticket to Paradise

George Clooney and Julia Roberts had some free time in their schedule so they made this movie.

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[Trailer] The Pez Outlaw

Michael Gutierrez 10/27/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/27/22

[Trailer] The Pez Outlaw

Which branch of government does the Pezident command?

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[Trailer] Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

Michael Gutierrez 10/26/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/26/22

[Trailer] Dangerous Game: The Legacy Murders

Sickboy from Trainspotting teams up with Jon Voight to utterly exhaust the viewer.

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[Trailer] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Michael Gutierrez 10/25/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/25/22

[Trailer] Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

Wakanda Forever: To Infinity and Beyond!

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[Trailer] She Said

Michael Gutierrez 10/24/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/24/22

[Trailer] She Said

The story about the story that helped propel the #Metoo movement onto the front page.

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[Trailer] Bar Fight!

Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/21/22

[Trailer] Bar Fight!

Booze and custody battle, served up for yuks.

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[Trailer] Manifest West

Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/20/22

[Trailer] Manifest West

A messed-up family goes off the grid to solve their problems and it doesn’t work. Big time.

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[Trailer] The Son

Michael Gutierrez 10/19/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/19/22

[Trailer] The Son

Can the Wolverine’s admantium claws father his troubled son back from the edge?

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[Trailer] 1-800-HOT-NITE

Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22 Michael Gutierrez 10/18/22

[Trailer] 1-800-HOT-NITE

A kid on the mean streets of Los Angeles. Who can you turn to? How about a phone sex operator?

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Featured

Ganavya: “Om Supreme”

Ganavya: “Om Supreme”

Piano-forward spiritual jazz on that Alice Coltrane grind.

BMAs // Live Venue

BMAs // Live Venue

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

Quarterly: “Illuminati”

Quarterly: “Illuminati”

At turns folk, at turns classical.

Trash Hole Sun, Won’t You Come?

Trash Hole Sun, Won’t You Come?

Trash Sun lives free and dies at The 4th Wall.

BMAs // Album

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

Skylar Gudasz: “No Body”

Skylar Gudasz: “No Body”

Mellotron!

My Dinner With Tycho

My Dinner With Tycho

Tycho hopes the future and requiems the past at Royale.

The Honey Dewdrops: “Goodbye”

The Honey Dewdrops: “Goodbye”

Straight Americana out of Baltimore.

The Grate Got Stuck

The Grate Got Stuck

The Modern Faces face the modern at Silhouette Lounge.

Out Of This World

Out Of This World

Maris channels astronaut energy at Royale.

Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: “Doname”

Nicole Mitchell and Ballaké Sissoko: “Doname”

A soulful call and response between the flute and the kora.

Gallery: Odie Leigh

Gallery: Odie Leigh

Photos by Daniel Nova, Jr.

No Delay, Odie Leigh

No Delay, Odie Leigh

Odie Leigh gets the chorus rolling at The Sinclair.

Jonathan Suazo: “Héroes”

Jonathan Suazo: “Héroes”

Afro-caribbean jazz with percussion aplenty.

ME N U: “Sorcery”

ME N U: “Sorcery”

This band gives you a RIYL list.

GONE.: “Tidal”

A medium tempo entry into bummer rock.

Fusion Horned Devils

Fusion Horned Devils

The Plus Ones close out a brassy night at Silhouette Lounge.

Daniel Noah Miller: “People Get Ready”

Daniel Noah Miller: “People Get Ready”

A live solo ditty from an artist you know from Lewis Del Mar.

The Show Will Go On

The Show Will Go On

Orla Gartland grins and bears it at the Armory.

Cortez: “No Heroes”

Cortez: “No Heroes”

No liner notes on the Bandcamp page?

BMAs // Hip Hop

BMAs // Hip Hop

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

The Daylilies: “Pétillant”

The Daylilies: “Pétillant”

Bubbly, sparkling like a wine.

BMAs // Jazz

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

Rosier: “other forms”

Rosier: “other forms”

Alt pop fibrillations from north of the border.

BMAs // Electronic

BMAs // Electronic

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

Miracle Blood: “Hello Hell”

Miracle Blood: “Hello Hell”

A gnarly punk metal ripper.

BMAs // Folk

BMAde Betterz 2024: we fix it.

Lia Kohl: “Plane”

Lia Kohl: “Plane”

Kind of like the sound of sawing Superman’s crystal Fortress of Solitude in half.