And 2026 looks like it could be even bigger. New movies from Nolan, Spielberg, Gerwig, and Villeneuve! Zombies, werewolves, and slashers! Arthouse icons and blockbuster kings! And these are just the ...

It gave us one of the absolute worst movies of the year in War of the Worlds. It also had one of my favorite movies of the ...

From “Sinners” and “KPop Demon Hunters” to “One Battle After Another” and “Bugonia,” here are our staff members’ favorite ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

It's been an bumper year for movies, but chances are you haven't seen them all. Esther McCarthy suggests 20 highlights right ...

From inventive RPGs like Clair Obscur Expedition 33 to blockbuster multiplayer hits like Battlefield 6, here are the ten PC ...

Discover the elite Xbox games that earned a 5/5 this year! Here are the finest games to have released on Xbox in 2025 - the ...

Pocket Tactics' picks for Nintendo Switch Games of the Year 2025 feature great titles from Donkey Kong Bananza to Skate Story ...

A quiet confession from Zosia exposes how the Others crossed Carol’s boundaries, turning a fragile romance into a catalyst ...

Episode 9, “La Chica o El Mundo,” featured the long-awaited meeting of Carol Sturka (Rhea Seehorn) and Manousos Oviedo (Carlos-Manuel Vesga). As the finale’s title suggests, Carol has to choose ...

The difference is that arthouse is art, and knows it. These are films which proudly aim beyond mere money-making for multinational media conglomerates. They push at the boundaries of the form, explore ...