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In the early 2000s, writer Nick Tosches (Oscar Isaac) is hired by a Mafia don to verify and steal an original copy of ‘The Divine Comedy’ by Dante Alighieri. In 14th-century Florence, Dante (also ...

“In the Hand of Dante” sprang from the mind of late writer Nick Tosches. His 2002 book is the basis for director Julian Schnabel’s star-studded Netflix movie. I have not read Tosches’s book, so I ...

Since the late Nick Tosches published his sensationally received novel In the Hand of Dante, in 2002, film-makers and actors, including Johnny Depp, have circled the project with great enthusiasm. But ...

Julian Schnabel’s combustible mix of lowlife cynicism and high art – along with cameos from Martin Scorsese and Al Pacino – powers this outrageous black comedy revolving around Dante’s Divine Comedy ...

The marriage of heaven and hell took place last weekend at Judson Memorial Church. The New York City landmark was one of seven venues worldwide to host the Inferno Sessions, the global playback events ...

With "Inferno," which arrived in full at the stroke of midnight via Warp Records, the Scottish electronic duo brings to an end a 13-year drought. By Lars Brandle Finally, Boards of Canada are back.

Deep fulfilling synths, trudging rhythms and precise vocal chops and samples, the album defines what they do best, and now, 13 years since Tomorrow’s Harvest, Boards of Canada are back with the dark ...

The late 1990s were an especially exciting period for electronic music—house and techno, birthed in Chicago and Detroit, respectively, had gone global; pop-friendly dance-music acts such as the ...

The Scottish electronic duo remain hugely influential – but their new album’s interrogation of religion is dubious, and the drum programming is worse still This is the first album in 13 years from ...

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