It gave us one of the absolute worst movies of the year in War of the Worlds. It also had one of my favorite movies of the ...

So many great games came out in 2025 that it's easy for some spectacular titles to get missed. Don't skip on these underrated ...

From "Sinners" and "KPop Demon Hunters" to "One Battle After Another" and "Bugonia," Seattle Times staffers picked their ...

This is the start of our top 75 of our essential 100 (or so) tracks to come out of Scotland in 2025. It marks the 11th year of this rundown of the best Scots tracks of the year.   As ever, in 2025, ...

One of the best songs from one of the best metal albums of 2025. No Loss, No Love veered from savagely heavy, pick-scraped ...

2025 has stumbled on. While the world around us—and the people in charge—may routinely disappoint, as the air becomes less ...

After a year that has whiplashed between genius and landfill, here are the 25 films from across the world that justified the obsession and proved cinema still has bite, pulse, humour, fury, and the ...

And 2026 looks like it could be even bigger. New movies from Nolan, Spielberg, Gerwig, and Villeneuve! Zombies, werewolves, and slashers! Arthouse icons and blockbuster kings! And these are just the ...

This is what the Defector staff listened to and enjoyed this year. From the Pyre, by The Last Dinner Party In a year where ...