By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson for AMFM Magazine Berlin-based electronic musician Kangding Ray (David Letellier) has built a singular career bridging experimental sounds and club-driven techno. From his early releases on the legendary German imprint Raster-Noton to his more recent dancefloor-oriented output, Kangding Ray has navigated the unexplored territories between experimental music and dance music.
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson | AMFM Magazine | December 2025 In a franchise-defining twist, Predator: Badlands flips the script: for the first time, a Yautja—here, a young outcast named Dek—is the hero we root for. Directed by Dan Trachtenberg (Prey), the film plunges viewers into a hostile alien world filled with deadly flora, savage
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By Paul Salfen, Christine Thompson, AMFM Magazine Dallas has just become the ultimate playground for Netflix fans. On December 11, 2025, Netflix House officially opened its doors at Galleria Dallas, marking the second permanent location of this groundbreaking entertainment venue after the debut in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, last month. Spanning over 100,000 square feet,
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By Paul Salfen | AMFM Magazine In a television landscape full of reboots and franchises, Vince Gilligan’s latest series PLURIBUS has arrived like a lightning bolt: a completely original show with the bonkers high-concept premise that the most miserable person on Earth is the only one who can save humanity from a forced, dystopian version
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By Paul Salfen KEVIN COSTNER PRESENTS: THE FIRST CHRISTMAS - (Disney/Najat Oulhaj) This Christmas, Academy Award-winner Kevin Costner and acclaimed director David L. Cunningham are stripping away centuries of cozy nativity-scene gloss to reveal the raw, radical, and deeply human story behind the birth of Jesus in the two-hour television event Kevin Costner Presents: The
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By Paul Salfen AMFM Magazine – Holiday Issue 2025 In a season that begs for stories of light breaking through darkness, one animated film is stepping forward with the kind of bold, soul-stirring ambition we haven’t seen since The Prince of Egypt swept into theaters more than 25 years ago. DAVID, the new feature-length musical
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The trailer for ALLBLK’s new original series G.R.I.T.S. dropped and, within hours, Memphis was trending nationwide. Not the postcard version of Beale Street and barbecue, but the real one—where grief and hustle share the same block, where the roller rink is church on Friday nights, and where three young women are fighting like hell to
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By Paul Salfen for AMFM Magazine This holiday season, get ready for the ultimate feel-good movie that proves sometimes the best relationship advice comes from a four-legged friend. MERV, the new romantic comedy starring Zooey Deschanel, Charlie Cox, and an unbelievably charismatic rescue terrier mix named Gus* (playing the titular Merv), is exactly the warm
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