Screen to Speakers: 23 Goth-Coded Soundtracks Worth Turning Up
Amanda Kotiesen Amanda Kotiesen

Screen to Speakers: 23 Goth-Coded Soundtracks Worth Turning Up

The alternative soundtracks that entered our playlists

By: The Lace Ledger Staff

The relationship between movies and music has given us some truly legendary listening. Few understood that relationship quite like Tim Curry, whose passing this year inspired us to revisit The Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the songs that helped turn a strange little film into a cultural phenomenon. Fifty years later, audiences still know when to jump to the left.

In honour of Tim Curry and the enduring power of a perfectly curated soundtrack, we’re turning up 24 films and series whose music found a life beyond the screen. Some introduced us to new artists, while others made familiar songs impossible to hear the same way again. All earned a permanent place in our playlists.

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17 Fierce Mothers of Film & Television
April Issue, Culture, Watchlist Amanda Kotiesen April Issue, Culture, Watchlist Amanda Kotiesen

17 Fierce Mothers of Film & Television

A Mother’s Day watchlist honouring the absolute weapons who protected their children with strategy, violence, wit and conviction

By: The Lace Ledger Staff

This Mother’s Day watchlist is built on a special kind of devotion. One forged through sweat, blood, fire and deep inner strength of matriarchs that would do anything … and we mean anything … for the ones they love.

Motherhood is often framed as soft. And, it can be. It can also be something far more strategic. These women raise dragons, run empires, survive the end of the world, or dismantle anyone who mistakes care for weakness.

What they share is precision. Love becomes a decision. Protection becomes a method; nothing is left to chance.

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