PinkPantheress in the music video for "Illegal". Credit: Warner Records UK. With a runtime of just over 20 minutes, “Fancy That”, the second mixtape from British pop singer-producer PinkPantheress (real name Victoria Walker), feels like a mixtape in the truest sense of the word. At a time when it’s all too common for artists to release full-length projects and label them as mixtapes as opposed to albums, “Fancy That”, which comes two years after Walker’s debut album “Heaven

Clément Faveau as Totone in "Holy Cow". Photo: Laurent le Crabe. In her debut feature, French filmmaker Louise Courvoisier pulls together a lovable cast of first-time actors for a coming-of-age story that is often heartfelt but never cheesy. Against the backdrop of the French countryside, 18-year-old Totone ( Clément Faveau ) is forced to grow up overnight after his father, a single parent, dies suddenly in a drunken car wreck. Used to hanging out late and partying with his b

Donnie T. Smith in the music video for "Remember Me". Credit: Donnie T. Smith, Youtube. It’s only around 5 p.m., but the dimly lit room and soft strings of the guitar make it feel much later. At ‘My Little Magic Shop’ on the Upper West Side, a diverse crowd of all ages gathers for ‘Improv for the Soul’, a self-described meditative jam session. The quartet of musicians, a young man playing electric guitar, two female vocalists, and an older man playing a Turkish Oud feed off o

Dante Arnwine (Right) in Crown Heights. Photo: Christopher Edwards. Walking briskly down Halsey Street, Dante Arnwine starts to feel it. For the past two hours, he’s been knocking on random doors throughout Crown Heights, pleading for signatures on a board of elections petition. To get his name on the ballot for his City Council bid, he must collect 460 signatures in his district by April 3rd. So far today, he’s gathered around 28 signatures, save for a few he worries might b

Credit: Netflix. For years, Netflix has trotted out season after season of its hit series “Black Mirror", the British sci-fi anthology that tells tales of a dystopian future. While its first few seasons produced some memorable episodes about the war between man and machine, the series has veered into formulaic, predictable territory. Despite technology like AI becoming an increasingly central part of our daily lives, “Black Mirror” is providing less effective commentary than