Credit: XL Recordings “I do what I wanna do when I wanna do it,” purrs Arca defiantly at the start of Kick i opener “Nonbinary.” The record rides this same braggadocious energy throughout its runtime, using the chaotic avant-garde of the Venezuelan producer (whose real name is Alejandra Ghersi) to create her most unapologetic and…

Credit: Opus Film It’s difficult not to compare Paweł Pawlikowski’s “Cold War” to his 2013 film “Ida” due to their shared black and white cinematography and 4:3 aspect ratio, but that is where the similarities between them end. Although I prefer “Ida” thematically (I’m not much of a romance person), “Cold War” is a directorial…