Aja (Arts & Crafts). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Alma. Review by Carl F Gauze.

Dot Hacker (EP) (ORG Music). Review by Carl F Gauze.

MTV, Saturday Night Live, and now Broadway – Colin Quinn remains a public figure, even though he is now more like your cranky grandpa than that hip guy with the girlfriend you fantasize about.

Max von Sydow plays chess with Death in this classic of Swedish 1950s film making.

Ecliptica (Accretions Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Bokoboko (Nonplace Records). Review by Carl F Gauze.

You’ve seen the documentary, now see the band! Anvil in 3D, in Tampa, with Carl F Gauze at their feet.

A teenager and his favorite jukebox deal with a pre-apocalyptic one-dimensional Ohio town. We’ve all been there, haven’t we? At least Carl F Gauze has.

Pure, wholesome, clean-cut children’s puppets are torn to shreds in a horror movie so appalling, you’ll laugh most of the time.

Snowbound* (Glacial Movements). Review by Carl F Gauze.

A silent film star slides into obscurity in this 21st-century silent film.

Carl Gauze reviews 19 important people who died this year and just didn’t get the Ink they deserved. Spoiler alert: it was a bad year for Jacks.

Living Room Songs (Erased Tapes). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Sole Kitchen (In Music We Trust). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Before the Coca Cola Company co-opted Santa, he was one mean mutha.

Kevin Clash grows up with Sesame Street on his TV – and becomes its greatest character.

Made In Germany 1995-2011 (Universal). Review by Carl F Gauze.

The holiday music of Mannheim Steamroller reverberates, even as we take our unwanted Christmas sweaters back to Target.