Top Picks: Jess Williamson's 'Cosmic Wink,' 'Black Panther' on DVD and Blu-ray, and more
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Psych-folk standouts
In our ongoing quest to present worthy new music, we direct your ears to the subgenre 鈥減sych folk鈥� 鈥� specifically, two intriguing new releases by adherents Jess Williamson and RF Shannon. Williamson鈥檚 captivating album is a potent and haunting rumination on love and its aftereffects. RF Shannon鈥檚 is the sound of a shimmering desert mirage, a solitary, widescreen drive in search of an epic spaghetti western.
Russia study
The movie centers on divorcing couple Zhenya (Maryana Spivak) and Boris (Aleksey Rozin), whose son, Alyosha (Matvey Novikov), goes missing. Monitor film critic Peter Rainer notes that the disappearance of Alyosha 鈥渁lso represents the loss of something spiritually significant in modern Russia鈥� and calls a harrowing family scene 鈥渢he most powerful moment in any movie I鈥檝e seen this year.鈥� 鈥淟oveless鈥� is available on DVD and Blu-ray June 12.
Host in the spotlight
The Tony Awards, which take place on June 10, will be hosted by Josh Groban and Sara Bareilles. Take a look back when Groban starred in 鈥淐hess in Concert鈥� in 2008 and impressively performed the song 鈥淎nthem.鈥� See his performance at
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Spyglass guidance
Don鈥檛 let 鈥檚 old-fashioned name fool you. For an outdoor enthusiast, the app can serve many modern functions, including utilizing augmented reality to show directions over a map, getting GPS data, and sharing coordinates. The app is free for Android and $5.99 for iOS.
Socially relevant superhero
Superhero Black Panther gets his own film in , now available on DVD and Blu-ray. Chadwick Boseman portrays monarch T鈥機halla, whose kingdom, Wakanda, and its technological innovations are in danger of being discovered by the outside world. Angela Bassett, Lupita Nyong鈥檕, Danai Gurira, and Letitia Wright costar. 鈥淟ike 鈥楪et Out,鈥� it鈥檚 a genre film jampacked with social relevancy,鈥� Monitor film critic Peter Rainer writes.
