The 1980s delivered a run of films that mixed big imagination with precise craft, and that is a combination people still chase. Studios took risks on original stories and bold voices, and audiences ...

Rob Mazurek is a multidisciplinary artist/abstractivist, with a focus on electro-acoustic composition, improvisation, performance, painting, sculpture, video, film and installation, who spent much of ...

What is surprising about their fourth studio full-length isn't so much that it's their most commercially accessible album, or that Mavis Staples sounds fantastic on the stark "Pulling the Pin", but ...

A festival with a true independent spirit, Slamdance Film Festival has recently found a new home in Los Angeles, where it will return next month. Running in-person from February 19 to 25, 2026, and ...

Nick is a freelance writer from Chicago, IL, with a BA in Creative Writing from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. His lifelong belief in the artistic power of video games led him to ...

Before I share my list of favorite albums of 2025, I need to repeat my regular “year-end list” disclaimer. If you already know the drill, feel free to skip ahead. We all know this. Art isn’t a ...

The talents on Variety’s Power of Young Hollywood Impact Report rep the future of the entertainment business. They are all between the ages of 18-28 and cross all media platforms and look to a ...

The role of the music producer has never been static. While many think that a producer walks into the studio and hits the big red "record" button, their role is much more dynamic than that. Over the ...

Paste has been in existence since July 2002, but it’s taken 22 years for us to sit down and make a “Greatest Albums of All Time” list. Every reputable outlet has done this at some point or another; ...

British professional wrestler Kurtis Chapman, known as "Mad Kurt" inside the ring, died in December at 26. A precise date and cause were not disclosed when his death was announced on Dec. 29. Chapman, ...