In the mid-1980s, John E. du Pont – of the DuPont chemicals dynasty – invited Olympian wrestler Mark Schultz out to his 440-acre Pennsylvania farm with designs to turn part of his private complex into a wrestler training facility.

Emmanuel Guibert’s introspective and intimate biographical account of his dear friend Alan Cope’s early childhood is as beautifully drawn as it is compellingly written.

Hookworms’ debut, Pearl Mystic, was widely feted-our friends at Drowned in Sound named it Album of the Year-so interest is high the second time around. For most fivesomes made up of 20-somethings, the pressure and weight of expectation could be stifling; for this Yorkshire band, the opposite is true.

Sibling directors Simon and Zeke Hawkins turn in a commendable effort with this indie crime thriller.

Here we are at the end of another season of Doctor Who, and all things considered the series has moved pretty far in the last 12 weeks. We’re quite comfortable with Peter Capaldi in the TARDIS at this point, and showrunner Steven Moffat has made good on his promise to take the show to darker places.

Springtime Carnivore‘s origin story is one that feels plucked from Dust Bowl-era Americana: a former tightrope walker from a traveling circus troupe rediscovered her family’s dusty old piano while rehabilitating from a leg injury. That would have been an uncommon enough tale in 1930, but it’s even more so in 2014.

Fresh off the over-the-top zombie classic Re-Animator but before he could move on to his follow-up Lovecraft adaption, From Beyond, Stuart Gordon was tabbed to helm a movie about killer dolls.

In Mall, Linkin Park member Joe Hahn’s feature directorial debut, random violence finds its way into a shopping mall.

Why aren’t these called singles anymore? Three songs—one of them previously released—and a remix only make an EP in the most minimalist sense, but we’ll take it.