Opus Digest: May 2025
Highlighting some of the best stuff posted on Opus in the previous month.
May 1: May 2025’s Best Streaming Titles: Lord of the Rings, Murderbot, Across the Spider-Verse, Rogue One, Ran
Cyborgs, Spider-Man, Star Wars, Bruce Lee action, an Akira Kurosawa epic, and more.
May 1: Review Roundup: Jake Schreier’s Thunderbolts*
Critics respond to the MCU’s team of miscreants and ne’er-do-wells.
May 2: “You Are Not Forgotten” by The Declining Winter
Classic Declining Winter fare — even in its latent, unpolished form.
May 2: “After the Silence” by Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus
The enigmatic musical collection gets their trip-hop on.
May 3: My Cultural Diet (April 2025): Interior Chinatown, The Wild Robot, Princess Mononoke, Slow Horses
A quick rundown of last month’s cultural experiences.
May 4: Pope Trump
When our nation’s leader promotes himself as a revered religious figure or golden idol, that should concern anyone who claims to follow Christ.
May 6: Creating Nested Modals with HTML’s <dialog> Element
This HTML element is a really simple way to add fully customizable — and accessible — modals to your website.
May 9: Exploring the Real-Life Liminal Space of Tokyo’s Shiodome Station
Despite being located in a city of 41 million residents, this railway station is surprisingly empty.
May 11: I Felt Called by Fine China (Review)
Arguably the band’s most ambitious and sprawling album to date.
May 17: New Subscriber Playlist: “For All Good Naysayers”
This month’s subscriber-only playlist and podcast episode celebrate Sufjan Stevens’ considerable music catalog.
May 19: Watch Starsabout’s Dobra 12 Live Session
This recent live set is a perfect showcase for the Polish band’s dreamy, melancholy sound.
May 20: “You Have Cured a Million Ghosts From Roaming in My Head” by Aarktica
Aarktica’s debut album is getting the 25th anniversary treatment from Projekt Records.
May 22: Review Roundup: Christopher McQuarrie’s Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Critics respond to Ethan Hunt’s final mission (for now).
May 27: Rumours of Angels by Revolutionary Army of the Infant Jesus (Review)
This collection of the enigmatic outfit’s earlier, more experimental material is raw and otherworldly.
May 30: Review Roundup: Wes Anderson’s The Phoenician Scheme
Critics respond to Wes Anderson’s latest highly stylized cinematic endeavor.
May 30: When Reading Rainbow Went Where No One Has Gone Before
In 1988, Reading Rainbow and Star Trek: The Next Generation had one of the greatest crossovers of all time.
Related: Opus’ full May 2025 archives.
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