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I Want Your Sex

Sundance 2026: Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ never goes soft

Valencia Grace is our operatic alt-pop comet on ‘Lucky You’re A Star’

The Gallerist

Sundance 2026: ‘The Gallerist’ catches a body, Hollywood gets some strays

Mic’d Up: Trevor Noah looks to keep it real in unreal times

Sundance 2026: ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ is dully ambitious

Main Era conjure long-form catharsis with new album ‘IV of Wands’

Mic’d Up: Jared Freid orders a round of laughs for the table

Melanie Martinez offers a surprise new ‘POSSESSION’

Music Spotlight

The V List: Five of our favorite tracks from January 2026

ADULT. are acutely aware ‘No One is Coming’ to our rescue

Rhys Darby makes way for a legendary return to The Wilbur

Mic’d Up: Hot Dog! stands on glizness in Cambridge

Sundance 2026: ‘undertone’ is absolutely terrifying

Sundance 2026: ‘Saccharine’ is peak Ozemp-loitation

Sundance 2026: ‘Tuner’ has perfect pitch

Picture Parlour chat us up to summer speed with the frenzied ‘Talk About It’

Sundance 2026: ‘Broken English’ and the ballad of Marianne Faithfull

Mic’d Up: James Acaster welcomes himself back to Boston

Boston News Music

AROLD, Clyde Black, and Notebook P give us ‘SUMTHIN’ to be happy about

Snail Mail surveys a simple suburban adolescence on ‘Dead End’

Janet McNamara’s comedic genius shines in ‘Not Smart Enough’

Sundance 2026: Five films we can’t wait to see (and farewell Park City)

Steph Tolev is keeping ’em twice as hard at The Wilbur

Music National News

Cardinals extend their theatrical melodrama with ‘I Like You’

I Want Your Sex

Sundance 2026: Gregg Araki’s ‘I Want Your Sex’ never goes soft

Valencia Grace is our operatic alt-pop comet on ‘Lucky You’re A Star’

The Gallerist

Sundance 2026: ‘The Gallerist’ catches a body, Hollywood gets some strays

Mic’d Up: Trevor Noah looks to keep it real in unreal times

Sundance 2026: ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ is dully ambitious

Main Era conjure long-form catharsis with new album ‘IV of Wands’

Mic’d Up: Jared Freid orders a round of laughs for the table

Melanie Martinez offers a surprise new ‘POSSESSION’

The V List: Five of our favorite tracks from January 2026

ADULT. are acutely aware ‘No One is Coming’ to our rescue

Rhys Darby makes way for a legendary return to The Wilbur

Mic’d Up: Hot Dog! stands on glizness in Cambridge

Bugonia

Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite films of 2025

Year in ReView: Nick Minieri showcases a scene with ‘HOMETOWN’ 2025

Performances

Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite film screen performances of 2025

Savannah Bananas mash it up in a sold-out return to Fenway Park

Boston Calling Photo: All the images that defined the 2025 festival

Boston Calling Photo: Snacktime live on the Green Stage

Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite 617 Q&A recommendations

Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite homegrown songs of 2025

Needle drops

Year in ReView: Vanyaland’s favorite needle drops in the films of 2025

Boston Calling Photo: Nate Perry & Ragged Company live on the Orange Stage

Boston Calling Photo: Goth Babe live on the Green Stage

Boston Calling Photo: Vivid Bloom live on the Orange Stage