Mar 04, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Last year we launched our Albums of the Month series, where we highlight the best albums released in the previous month. Now here is a roundup of February 2026’s best albums. We have included Bandcamp or Spotify embeds (some albums aren’t on Bandcamp) for each album and links to any reviews or interviews we did to support the release.
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Feb 25, 2026
By Steve King
I saw Scream on the second day of its opening in December 1996. My mom took me to it at an old General Cinemas on the West Side of Baltimore. I was 13 and it changed my life.
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Jan 18, 2026
By Kaveh Jalinous
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Narrowing this list of independent gems and anticipated mainstream features was a grand task, but here are some of the movies we’re most excited to see at Sundance 2026 (as selected by UTR critic Kaveh Jalinous).
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Jan 13, 2026
By Mark Redfern
For the last few years I’ve been logging every movie I watched. In 2024 I watched 416 movies and in 2023 my tally was 234. In 2025 I didn’t reach the heights of the year before, but still viewed 369 movies—just over one for every day of the year. Some days I watched no movies, others I managed two.
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Jan 13, 2026
By Mark Redfern
Firstly, check out Part 1 of the list here, featuring a ranked list of all the films first released in 2025 that I saw, as well as everything I watched from January to August. Now here’s Part 2, featuring everything I watched from September to December, plus my favorite TV shows of the last year.
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Jan 02, 2026
By Kaveh Jalinous
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A year defined by upheaval and uncertainty yielded a fascinating, uneven slate of films, one marked by quiet masterpieces, underseen gems, and a handful of works that will shape the decade to come.
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Dec 18, 2025
By Austin Trunick
Our favorite new games and remasters of 2025.
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Dec 15, 2025
By Frank Valish (with Mark Redfern)
Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2025 Part 3: Music Reissues on Vinyl and CD features a plethora of options for all your musical tastes, as well as a bonus pair of headphones and sweet dice game.
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Dec 15, 2025
By Frank Valish
Under the Radar’s Holiday Gift Guide 2025 Part 2: Books features several music-related titles and one giant four-novel volume.
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Dec 15, 2025
By Kaveh Jalinous (with Mark Redfern and Austin Trunick)
Writing last year’s gift guide feels like forever ago, yet just yesterday. In a year where nothing has been consistent, perhaps the only thing we’ve been able to rely on is an excellent stream of home video releases, from all the major labels.
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