The play centers around a close-knit group of friends forced to reckon with old truths and new faces, all over a game of ...

Somewhere down the generational line, someone forgot to teach the kids how to play Spades. For those who are unfamiliar with what Spades is, it’s a popular card game frequently played during summer ...

Wikipedia calls spades a “trick-taking card game devised in the United States in the 1930s” but that’s definitely wrong. If there is one recreational activity that defines black America’s unique ...

Horror films rarely look as handsome as the Russian supernatural thriller “Queen of Spades: The Dark Rite.” From its sickly pale tinting to its use of subtly glowing light sources, director Svyatoslav ...

Clint Coley was hanging with his friend, comedian Leonard Ouzts, who was doing a lot of trash-talking at the spades table a couple of years ago. That’s part of the game. Still, something didn’t set ...

Starting with a secret copy of Warcraft II on his parent’s Windows 95, Ben has developed a lifelong obsession with video games. Drawn to darker and more horrifying games, he enjoys diving into the ...

For a while, IV of Spades felt like a dream band — all retro outfits, disco lights, and that intoxicating mix of funk and ...