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ACCEPT’s WOLF HOFFMANN On A.I.-Generated Music And Artwork: ‘The Quality Is Just Overwhelming’
ACCEPT guitarist Wolf Hoffmann has spoken candidly about the rise of AI-generated music and artwork, describing the technology’s output as “scary” but “necessary” while warning it undermines the traditional path into music. Speaking to Portugal’s Metal Global, he said the sheer quality of AI-made films, text, photos and artwork is “overwhelming,” making it harder to…
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8 Classic Anime Shows That Are Still Better Than Most New Series
Collider has published a listicle highlighting classic anime series that it argues still outshine much of today’s output, despite the current boom in the genre driven by hits like Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End and Jujutsu Kaisen. The author selected eight pre-2010s shows based on staying power, writing quality, animation, influence, rewatchability and critical reputation, arguing…
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Anya Taylor-Joy’s 110-Minute Horror Sleeper Hit Officially Lands on Prime Video
Anya Taylor-Joy’s 2017 psychological horror film Marrowbone has become available to stream on Prime Video in the US, giving renewed visibility to an early role from an actor who has since become a major box-office draw. The 110-minute film, directed by Sergio G. Sánchez, follows a young man and his younger siblings who conceal their…
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“Mal said, C’mon, let’s go and find the Loch Ness monster!” The night that AC/DC’s Brian Johnson and Malcolm Young tried to lure mythical beast ‘Nessie’ out of hiding
AC/DC’s Brian Johnson has recounted a boozy misadventure in which he and the late guitarist Malcolm Young attempted to lure the Loch Ness Monster out of hiding using fireworks. Speaking to NME in 2020, Johnson described the escapade as taking place during downtime with their wives on a road trip around Scotland, offering a colourful…
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Age Twisters is a genuinely charming co-op game hoping to bridge the generation divide – and one of my loveliest surprises at Gamescom
Age Twisters is an upcoming co-op puzzle-adventure from Barcelona-based Piccolo Studios, previewed by Eurogamer at Gamescom. Two players take on the roles of a grandfather and granddaughter who receive magic bracelets allowing them to shift between four life stages – child, teenager, adult and elder – each granting different abilities used to solve environmental puzzles.…
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‘It leaves holes inside of you’: graphic novel aims to remember the history and horror of genocide
The artist and anthropologist Dana Mashoian Walrath has published The Book of Genocides, an experimental graphic history examining 10 episodes of mass killing and ethnic cleansing over the past five centuries, from the extermination of Indigenous peoples in the Americas to the persecution of the Rohingya. The book, which blends anthropology, memoir and interactive visual…
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TV tonight: laughter and horror in a dark new Aussie crime comedy
Tonight’s TV picks are led by a new Australian crime comedy, loosely inspired by the BBC’s Guilt, following two squabbling siblings who accidentally kill a man and then try to cover it up, only for the victim’s niece to start digging into what happened. Also featured are further instalments of the Arctic-set thriller Vigil, with…
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Netflix’s Near-Perfect 9-Part Gothic Thriller Is So Good You’ll Finish in One Weekend
Netflix’s 2020 anthology instalment The Haunting of Bly Manor is worth revisiting as autumn approaches, according to a feature highlighting the nine-episode series ahead of Halloween. Directed by Mike Flanagan, who first found major success with The Haunting of Hill House in 2018, the show loosely adapts Henry James’s 1898 novella “The Turn of the…
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One of the Best Folk Horror Movies of the Decade Has Been Hiding Out on Streaming
Starve Acre, a 2023 folk horror film currently streaming on Shudder, is being highlighted as one of the standout entries in the genre from the past decade, despite receiving relatively little attention on release. Directed by Daniel Kokotajlo and set in 1970s Yorkshire, the film distinguishes itself from genre touchstones like The Wicker Man and…