Sundance Film Festival Review: Cathy Yan's 'The Gallerist' seems like a goofy movie about a gallerist trying to sell a corpse at Art Basel, but it's much deeper than that. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/02/02/s... @sundance.org @enh-jay.bsky.social

Just after hosting the Grammys, award-winning comedian and author Trevor Noah returns to the area for a sold-out, four show run at Medford's Chevalier Theatre. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/02/02/m...

Sundance Film Festival Review: Andrew Stanton’s 'In the Blink of an Eye', a variant on the 'all things are connected' narrative, won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/30/s...

New Sounds: Allston band Main Era's new project is a four-track, 30-minute behemoth of post-rock, incubated and recorded in a basement. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/30/m...

Mic'd Up: Needham native Jared Freid returns to home turf tonight with a brand new hour at The Wilbur -- and an all-too-familiar penchant for bringing the heat. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/30/m...

The V List: The month of January was soundtracked by new and notable efforts from Nite Sports, Final Gasp, Erin LeCount, MRCH, and Cardinals. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/29/t... @michaeloc.bsky.social

New Sounds: 'This song was written as a call to arms. Be alert. Be aware. Be prepared. Stand up for yourself and look out for your community.' - ADULT. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/29/a...

Storied comedy game show Hot Dog! relishes in its return to The Comedy Studio for some midweek action with all the fixings. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/28/m...

In #comedy: Rhys Darby makes way for a legendary return to The Wilbur, while Kevin Nealon and Kanan Gill will also be setting up on Tremont Street later in the year, and Marcello Hernandez heads to Foxwoods. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/28/r...

Sundance Film Festival Review: Ian Tuason's 'undertone' is a nightmare about the role-reversal that comes with caring for an elderly parent, and how it impacts one’s perception of parenting. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/28/s... @sundance.org @enh-jay.bsky.social

Sundance Film Festival Review: Three’s a trend, so we're going to go ahead and call it: There is a new horror sub-genre on the market, folks. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/27/s... @enh-jay.bsky.social @sundance.org

Sundance Film Festival Review: Led by a solid performance from Leo Woodall', Tuner' is a heartfelt, very funny little crime drama from director Daniel Roher. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/27/s... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: Every January we hear a new jam from the prior few months that likely woulda cracked our Year in ReView collection. Hey there, Picture Parlour. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/26/p... @pictureparlour.bsky.social @michaeloc.bsky.social

Sundance Film Festival Review: Jane Pollard and Iain Forsyth craft a joyously odd portrait of acclaimed English singer and actor Marianne Faithfull. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/26/s... @sundance.org @enh-jay.bsky.social

Mic'd Up: Multi-faceted comedian and author James Acaster returns to the area to deliver a fresh set at The Wilbur following his latest hour 'Hecklers Welcome.' 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/23/m...

Fast Tracked: In an era where the news is increasingly suffocating, the new collab from Arold, Clyde Black, and Notebook P is something of a much-needed hip-hop chill pill. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/23/a...

Fast Tracked: There are few youthful rites of passage more influential than just riding around in a car with nothing to do. Snail Mail pops a cassette into the car stereo. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/23/s...

Longtime Boston scene favorite Janet McNamara delivers her debut album with fresh takes on workplace frustrations, sex, doctor visits, and so much more. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/22/j...

From music docs to bizarre sex comedies to hyper-stylized tales of youth on the run, we got something for everyone right here in our official Sundance Film Festival curtain-raiser. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/22/s... @sundance.org @enh-jay.bsky.social

In #comedy: Steph Tolev is keeping 'em twice as hard at The Wilbur. Plus, Vic DiBitetto and Godfrey also prepare to make their way to Boston, while 'A Twink and a Redhead' takes over the Armory in Somerville. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/21/s...

Fast Tracked: With second single 'Seventeen', NYC band Nite Sports offer an anthemic and lethal dose of hardcore power-pop and melodic garage punk. Go ahead and open those Best of 2026 books. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/20/n...

Film Review: Nia DaCosta's '28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' is a fun, surprisingly funny and brutal post-apocalyptic horror picture. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/16/2...

With inspiration from Jim Henson, Seattle native Adam Ray returns to Boston with a new hour of stand-up, and his genuine love for the craft. He's at The Wilbur tonight. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/16/a...

New Sounds: Los Angeles-via-Boston artist Yavin's new song is the perfect mirror of the average adult's emotions pre- and post-30th birthday. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/15/y...

Rockland native Shawn Carter makes a quick trip home from Tennessee, and readies to leave an interactive mark at The Comedy Studio this weekend. vanyaland.com/2026/01/15/m...

In #comedy: 'Jackass' legend Steve-O rides again to The Wilbur, while Daniel Sloss and Nimesh Patel add new shows onto their sold-out stops on Tremont Street. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/15/s...

New Sounds: Swedish alt-pop queen Robyn has unveiled two new tracks to her forthcoming album, including the euphoric banger 'Talk To Me'. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/14/n...

No, this isn't Brendan Fraser's return to franchise glory, it's 'Lee Cronin's The Mummy,' a gnarly, bloody horror flick all its own. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/14/u...

The fourth teaser for 'Avengers Doomsday' is here, and we have a strange feeling there's a fifth on the way next week. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/13/c...

Film Review: 'Greenland 2: Migration' probably shouldn't exist, but at least it has a solid Gerard Butler performance grounding it. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/09/g... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Film Review: Johannes Roberts' Primate' is the best you can hope for with January horror: Gleefully dumb and plenty of fun. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/09/p... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Fest Intentions: The South Shore's Levitate Music Festival will return to the Marshfield Fairgrounds this summer -- July 18 and 19 -- for its 14th year. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/09/f... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: Rising English alt-pop songwriter Erin LeCount offers an exquisite baroque synth-pop floater that both haunts and comforts as it consumes. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/09/f... @michaeloc.bsky.social

The V List: From Katie Nolan to Matt Braunger, here is a quick hit of something fresh to tune into as we barrel roll into the new year. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2026/01/09/t...

In #comedy: Rising comedy star Robby Hoffman makes her Wilbur debut, while Nikki Glaser stuns at Foxwoods down in Connecticut. vanyaland.com/2026/01/08/r...

Year in ReView: From ping-pong hustlers to haunted dogs to Formula 1 to William Shakespeare, our favorite movies of 2025 has something for everyone, writes Film Editor Nick Johnston. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/y... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Snowgaze, the winter 'celebration of shoegaze, dream-pop, and grunge', which launched last December, returns to Medford's Deep Cuts later this month. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/12/s... @deepcutsrocks.bsky.social @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

All of this talk about #Supergirl and its new trailer has us missing poor Peter O'Toole. Lobo can never replace him. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/w...

Year in ReView: We've selected some of the finest screen performances from the year in film for you, and they're not (all) who you'd expect, writes Film Editor Nick Johnston. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/y... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Year in ReView: Our year-long deep-dive interview series 617 Q&A saw artists deliver recs on obscure bands, foods, swimming, TV shows, and more, writes Senior Writer Michael Christopher. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/11/y... @michaelchristopher.bsky.social

Year in ReView: As 2025 comes to a close, we're shouting out the songs we clung to for sanity during this unique unraveling of modern society, writes Boston Music Editor Victoria Wasylak. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/y... @vickiwasylak.bsky.social

Comedy's resident romantic lumberjack Nick Offerman returns, while Reporter Matt and Ryan Long also make plans to hit up The Wilbur in 2026. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/n...

In #comedy: Stand-up and podcasting standout Stavros Halkias returns to The Wilbur for a packed weekend that is sure to keep us laughing through the holiday chaos. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/10/m...

Year in ReView: Who doesn't love some needle drops? Join us in celebrating the best non-original soundtrack cues in movies from this year. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/09/y... @enh-jay.bsky.social #yearinreview #bestof2025

Mic'd Up: Along with Jon Glaser, Janet McNamara, and more surprises in the shadows 'Bob's Burgers' star Eugene Mirman keeps the fun at home for the holidays. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/09/m...

Year in ReView: Here are 20 standout tracks that shaped the sound of 2025, and helped provide a needed respite from our daily scream at the screen, writes Vanyaland editor-in-chief @michaeloc.bsky.social. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/y...

The stars of hit Hulu series 'Shoresy' returned to Boston for their biggest show yet, hitting the TD Garden ice to take on Bruins alumni. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/08/s...

Todd Barry, one of the industry's most-referenced examples of a 'comic's comic', returns to Massachusetts with a brand new hour at MGM Springfield's ROAR Comedy Club this weekend. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/05/m... @mgmspringfield.bsky.social @toddbarry.bsky.social

Film Review: Josh Safdie and Timothee Chalamet will blow your mind when 'Marty Supreme’ hits theaters on Christmas Day. It‘s appointment viewing, folks. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/05/m... @enh-jay.bsky.social

Fast Tracked: Alt-pop artist and Hopkinton native Charlotte Sands unleashes a searing new banger that further blurs the lines between pop and metal. 🔗 vanyaland.com/2025/12/04/c...