Trigger Warning: The following references sexual harassment. The Big Picture Apt Pupil is one of Stephen King’s darkest stories, exploring the disturbing relationship between a manipulative teenager and an ex-Nazi officer. The movie adaptation, directed by Bryan Singer, falls short of capturing the book’s bleak essence and fails to develop the main character effectively. Allegations…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Cincinnati’s BLINK Will Be Back in 2024, and Giving a Call to Artists
With the highly anticipated return of the public art spectacle slated for October 17-20, 2024, BLINK, Illuminated by ArtsWave is calling for artists to make the queen city shine. As one of the most transformative art events, not to mention the nation’s largest light, art, and projection mapping experience, BLINK invites visionaries to join the…
Tomáš Netopil Takes Baton at Prague Symphony Orchestra
Prague Symphony Orchestra (PSO) welcomes a new Chief Conductor, Tomáš Netopil, who is set to assume the prestigious position with the commencement of the 2025/26 season, succeeding Tomáš Brauner. This transition symbolizes not just a change in leadership but also a renewed promise of musical excellence and cultural richness. Embarking on a New Symphony Renowned…
‘Smallville’ Remains the Gold Standard for a Superman Series
The Big Picture Smallville set the stage for the surge in popularity of live-action superhero TV shows, but it remains fairly unique and unlikely to be replicated anytime soon. The show’s traditional broadcast TV format, with 20+ episode seasons and standalone “freak of the week” episodes, is a departure from the highly serialized approach of…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Due this Fall, Jesse Lenz’s “The Seraphim” Transforms the Mundane Into the Magical
In The Seraphim, the second installment of Jesse Lenz’s ambitious photobook septology, “The Seven Seals,” the photographer delves deeper into his artistic vision, exploring the profound connection between destruction and renewal, terror and hope. Building on the vision of his first book, The Locusts, Lenz observes his children and their interactions with the surrounding environment,…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Jules de Balincourt Orchestrates the “Midnight Movers”
It’s quite a return to form, not so much as a painter but as a matter of location. Former Juxtapoz cover artist Jules de Balincourt is back in NYC, with Midnight Movers at Pace Gallery, his first show in his home city in over a decade. And what is interesting is that the nomadic nature of his…
We Saw Peter Dinklage’s ‘The Toxic Avenger’
Macon Blair’s second feature as director celebrated its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2023. Here’s our first reaction! add iframe code inside nonscript tag for crwaler The Big Picture Macon Blair’s The Toxic Avenger celebrated its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2023. The movie is a remake of the 1984 Troma cult classic and stars…
Boiling Point – First Look Images and Promo
Subscribe for show updates Receive news and updates about Boiling Point – First Look Images and Promo whenever something new comes out. Track First-look images have been released from Boiling Point, the forthcoming BBC drama series that will follow on from the hugely successful, multi award-winning feature film of the same name. Boiling Point is…
Juxtapoz Magazine – Jim Mangan’s Meditation on Religious Succession, Zealotry and Fraternity
American photographer Jim Mangan began The Crick as a photographic survey of the unorthodox architecture of Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (FLDS) houses in the Utah-Arizona border town of Short Creek. He soon found that the bigger story lay in a group of teenage boys navigating their disintegrating community, fractured after leader…
THE SNOW MONSTER | Kirkus Reviews
by James Dean ; illustrated by James Dean ‧ RELEASE DATE: Sept. 18, 2018 Pete’s fans might find it groovy; anyone else has plenty of other “12 Days of Christmas” variants to choose among Pete, the cat who couldn’t care less, celebrates Christmas with his inimitable lassitude. If it weren’t part of the title and…