Mark Ronson: A Brief History of the Intro Song
Whether called “Intro,” “Overture” or “Prelude,” you know the song. It doesn’t behave like the others on the album. It’s usually instrumental. And iTunes’ singles chart laughs in its general direction. read more
Now We Rise and We Are Everywhere
More than three decades ago, British folksinger Nick Drake gulped down a fatal handful of prescription antidepressants, overwhelming his tender, 26-year-old heart and prematurely concluding his career... read more
Band of Horses
Although the term “Southern rock” has traditionally evoked muttonchop sideburns and the devil going down to Georgia, the genre's tapestry also includes the kaleidoscopic psychedelia of early R.E.M. and the reverb-limned keening of My Morning Jacket... read more
The Golden Compass
Chemistry is everything. Not the science kind where... read more
The Greatest Riffs of the 21st Century (So Far)
A great rock riff does more than rattle your spine—it creeps deep into your head. To make its way into the canon of great riffs alongside, say, “Purple Haze” or “Smoke on the Water,” a riff has to be more than just acrobatic, fierce or played at high volume... read more
Black Lips
Serving up “food that pleases” since 1929, Atlanta’s Majestic Diner feels like Edward Hopper’s Nighthawks come to life, only with hung-over hipsters taking the place of Hopper’s fedora-clad ’40s cats... read more
Van Hunt: The Soul Man Returneth
For some people, it’s quitting smoking. For others, it’s losing weight. Everybody has a New Year’s resolution. Preparing to release his third album, Popular, a slab of Prince—style funk and acoustic soul, Van Hunt discusses his resolutions for 2008... read more
August Rush
Ten reasons August Rush made me want to jab glowing-hot pokers into my eyes... read more
Signs of Life 2007 : Best Films
For your arguing pleasure, here are Paste's top 50 films of 2007... read more
I'm Not There
"I wanna be Bob Dylan," Adam Duritz once sang in a Counting Crows song... read more
Our Ugliest Crime: Holly exposes child-sex trafficking
Like the lead character in his film Holly, writer/producer Guy Jacobson stumbled unaware onto the issue of child sexual exploitation... read more
The Kite Runner
"Good novels are almost always better than the movies they inspire,” says screenwriter David Benioff. And perhaps it’s true that his adaptation of Khaled Hosseini’s best-selling novel The Kite Runner is another film with perpetual baggage... read more
Austin Film Festival 2007
As film fans, aspiring screenwriters and filmmakers can attest... read more
Austin Film Festival: Interview with Terry George
Terry George speaks with Paste about Reservation Road and Hotel Rwanda... read more
American Gangster
Ridley Scott's period gangster piece is a feast of acting... read more
Slipstream
Slipstream is a strange, off-kilter little movie. Anthony Hopkins, who... read more
Sitges 07: Night of the Living Nacho
Nacho Vigalondo, the director of... read more
Bella
Bella is a delicate but powerful story of grace. When restauranteur... read more
Sitges Festival 07: Introduction
Zombies galore, French neo-Nazi cannibals... read more
Emergent: Goran Dukic
Most people are afraid to say the word “suicide” in polite company, not to mention making a film that engages the subject directly. But first-time feature filmmaker Goran Dukic had no reservations about adapting Etgar Keret’s novella Kneller’s Happy Campers—the story of... read more
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