Tom Ford made a toughie. The fashion designer-turned-filmmaker’s second cinematic feature, “Nocturnal Animals” starts just about as confusingly as it ends, and we can talk about interpretations all day but there remains a layer of mystique surrounding this film’s themes that still has its grip on me. I enjoyed it (very, very much) but I am also angry at...
“What’s a faggot? Am I a faggot? How do I know?” Berry Jenkin’s “Moonlight,” based on Tarell Alvin McCraney’s play “In Moonlight Black Boys Look Blue,” is a beautiful contemplation on the excruciating and universal plight of identity formation. It is a coming-of-age drama about Chiron — an African-American man from Miami struggling with his sexuality — told in...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment and as such, will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Augustus” by John Williams.
John Williams has had a bright resurgence this past year, with the reissuance of three of his finest novels by the New York Review of Books. His...
December 2, 2015 is a date practically ingrained in the minds of any Inland Empire resident. On that date, tragedy befell when two individuals named Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik killed 14 people and injured 22 more in a domestic shooting in San Bernardino. This event, the largest mass shooting in San Bernardino history, would reverberate as a national...
Radar is committed to all forms of art and entertainment, and will pick one book as a reading recommendation every week. This week Radar’s “Lit” pick is “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine.
A multimedia book of prose poems, photography and narrative material, Rankine weaves together different aesthetic forms in order to insightfully comment on modern racism and violence. Arguably the most...
Legendary hip-hop outfit A Tribe Called Quest returns to the music scene after an 18-year hiatus with “We Got It from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service.” The record spans 16 tracks and features guest appearances from the likes of Andre 3000, Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and other heavy hitters.
This last year saw the passing of key Tribe emcee...
The outside of The Forum was adorned with Saint Pablo Tour banners, with one reading “6 nights sold out” with the six patched on the banner signaling the fact that the early November dates had just been added to the tour due to high demand for tickets. The outside of the venue was crowded with radio station booths, merchandise...
The commercial success of A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg has led to the two Harlem rappers becoming arguably the most influential rappers to come out of New York in the last 15 years not named Jay-Z. The unprecedented success of the two Harlem-based emcees paved the way for their collective, A$AP Mob, started by their late counterpart A$AP Yams,...
It’s been five years since the last “Harry Potter” movie was released, and now it’s finally time to revisit J.K. Rowling’s expansive wizarding world. In “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them,” director David Yates, who directed the last four films in the “Harry Potter” franchise, transports the audience into the wizarding world located in America. The film manages...
This month augured two tragedies on the world stage: One, the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States and two, the passing of legendary singer-songwriter, poet, novelist, overall genius, Leonard Cohen. To commemorate the tragic loss of an iconic artist, it is crucial to celebrate the life and legacy of an artist of such stature.
Cohen’s...