It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the constant stream of articles, posts, and tweets. It’s hard to know what you’ve missed. To help with that, I compile a list of each month’s most notable posts and reviews (i.e., the Reader’s Digest version of Opus).
11/1: November 2020’s Best Streaming Titles: Hillbilly Elegy, Jason Bourne, Animaniacs, Community, The Lego Movie
Ron Howard’s latest, high-powered espionage thrillers, the Warner brothers (and Warner sister), community college hijinks, and the Special.
11/3: A Celebration of Animated Flight
Give me hand-drawn animation over computer animation any day of the week.
11/5: New Subscriber Playlist: “We Could Walk Together”
Subscribers can listen to a selection of autumnal tracks from The Clientele.
11/8: Vanity Metrics by Gianna Lauren (Review)
In a more perfect and just world, hushed and heartfelt folk-rock like this would earn all the likes and favorites.
11/9: Demen’s Darkly Atmospheric Nektyr Embraces Gloom and Melancholy to Stunning Effect (Review)
The enigmatic Swedish artist’s debut album is dark, shadowy, and veiled, the perfect music for long, lonely winter nights.
11/16: Japan’s Train Station Jingles
Each one of Japan’s train stations has its own unique — and charming — jingle.