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Neon Genesis Evangelion, a massively successful Japanese television series with a wide influence and divisive plot, is now on Netflix. Netflix’s grand scheme to massively expand its content library includes scaling up its arsenal of both original and licensed anime. Many of the shows the platform has been getting the rights for have healthy fanbases, but only one acquisition warranted its own dramatic announcement late last year, even though the series in question originally came out in the mid ’90s...

Ezra claytan Daniels and Ben passmore's graphic novel BTTM FDRs blends discussions around race relations, cultural appropriation, and urban injustice with body horror and an eerie plot. Writer Ezra claytan...

With the influential mature comics line ending after more than 25 years, here are 10 series, both famous and lesser-known, which demonstrate some of the best it had to offer. Last week, DC Comics announced that it was shuttering its different imprints and consolidating all its titles under one brand. Notably, this marks the end of Vertigo Comics, the publisher’s august banner for mature series and graphic novels. While Vertigo’s days of breaking new ground for comics have been past for some time now, this definitive end is still a bittersweet occasion...

The Netflix prequel series to the 1982 Jim Henson film faithfully embodies both the craft and spirit of the original. Though best known for creating the worldwide-beloved Muppets, master puppeteer Jim Henson has also earned a cult following over the decades for the less mainstream diversions in his career. Movies like Labyrinth (1986) and The Dark Crystal (1982) didn’t create a huge stir when they were initially released, but have since grown dedicated fanbases. Adolescents in particular have gravitated...

This year, the world’s biggest film festival is bringing a new documentary on Merce Cunningham, an adaptation of the art heist novel The Goldfinch, Agnès Varda’s final movie, and so much more. We’re on the eve of the Toronto International Film Festival, one of the biggest cinematic events of the year. Hundreds of thousands of movie lovers from around the world will descend on Toronto to watch hundreds of films, which range from imminent Oscar contenders to the latest works from arthouse masters to obscure indie titles...