Music
Bram Inscore was Beck’s former band leader and a frequent collaborator of Troye Sivan’s, as well as various hit K-pop acts. He died by suicide on Dec. 19.
Movies
Director Robert Eggers has wanted to remake F.W. Murnau’s silent horror classic for decades, but his results show a lack of imagination and too much deference to the original.
Awards
F.W. Murnau made his film based on the ‘Dracula’ story more than 100 years ago. Since then, the creature has reemerged from the coffin twice. Once from Werner Herzog, and now Robert Eggers has unleashed his own.
Willem Dafoe appeared in four movies this year, including ‘Nosferatu’ and ‘Saturday Night.’ He likes to stay busy.
Osvaldo Golijov ended up ditching his first ‘Megalopolis’ score to compose a new eclectic version fitting director Francis Ford Coppola’s evolving vision.
Books
Ahead of the annual StokerCon gathering of horror readers, Paul Tremblay discusses the appeal of the genre, what makes a cult movie and film adaptations like ‘Knock at the Cabin.’
As famed author Harlan Ellison’s collections of speculative fiction are reissued, his longtime home offers a window into his complicated soul.
Ahead of Juneteenth, the author opens up about the emancipatory quality of speculative fiction and the setting that connects several of her books.
The Gen-X icon always hoped to be back in black for one of her most signature roles. But Ryder and her director Tim Burton still can’t believe it’s happened.
Screen Gab
The Culver Theater was filled with laughter and excitement as fans gathered for a special preview screening of episodes 201 and 202 of the acclaimed series “Colin From Accounts.”