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First Thought Fridays: They Might Be Giants, Greywind, Madison Beer, Courtney Marie Andrews, A$AP Rocky, Xiu Xiu

Criterion Backlist: This Is Spinal Tap (1984, R)

28 Years Later: The Bone Temple (Columbia Pictures, R)

Comics preview: STL’s own Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt team up for upcoming Flux House Double Feature: Mind MGMT/Fort Psycho special (Oni Press)

Best Films of 2025 | Nic Champion

First Thought Fridays: Sis and the Lower Wisdom, The Cribs, Dry Cleaning

Criterion Backlist: Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949, NR)

Top 10 Graphic Novels I Read This Year | Hannah Lin

10 Notable Graphic Novels of 2025 | Sarah Boslaugh

Concert review: The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra’s New Year’s Eve Celebration | 12.31.25, Powell Hall

Top 10 Albums Released in 2025 | Courtney Dowdall

For the Records: 2025 in Review | Mike McCubbins

Zoltan Kaszas: The Truth Has Never Sounded So Funny

Top 10 Male Falsettos of 2025 | Laura Hamlett Schlater

My Top 10 Photos of 2025 | Erica Vining

Criterion Backlist: Mississippi Masala (1991, R)

Top 10 Dark Romance Novels I Read in 2025 | Erica Vining