Content warning: description of sexual content and potential spoilers A brief visit to the cinema and any viewer will be bombarded with regurgitated content. Perhaps it’s a continuation of a Marvel franchise or yet another movie caricaturing a video game marketed for young children. Maybe it’s a sequel to a trashy romance novel that no…

Medill boasts a number of notable journalist alumni  –  big-name NBC White House Correspondent Peter Alexander, for example. Rarely, however, do onlookers focus on alums fresh out of Medill and early in their career.  I spoke to Medill alumna (‘22) Giovana Gelhoren last December, and a great deal can be learned from a journalist still…

It’s common for artists to be eccentric. They can be tough to work with, off in their own worlds or unwavering perfectionists. Rarely does an artist sit on a street corner in downtown Los Angeles with a cow and a placard to promote an actress’ performance in one of their films. But that’s who David…

Think of the place you find yourself most at home. Your painstakingly decorated and personalized bedroom, perhaps, or a cozy closet insulated from the troubles of the world. It doesn’t matter what this place is like, only that it’s yours.  But what if it wasn’t? Presence, the new film by Ocean’s 11 director Steven Soderbergh,…

Kendrick Lamar’s unforeseen Nov. 22 release of his sixth studio album came as a shock to the millions of K-Dot fans across the globe. After clashing with and swiftly defeating Drake in a series of singles wherein he referred to the Toronto native as a “freaky-ass n—” and an artist with stolen authenticity, one would…

Movie musicals comprise some of the most defining films in cinematic history. Films like The Wizard of Oz and The Sound of Music broke barriers and have withstood the test of time. However, contemporary movie musicals are Hollywood’s Achilles heel. When announced, they’re automatically subjected to towering expectations from die-hard fans of the franchise; any misstep is deemed a…

The musical trajectory of 2024 was a sonic rollercoaster. Here were some highlights. 2024 Grammy Awards The 2024 Grammy Awards may now seem an infinitesimal moment in the past year, but they represented the first major milestones in this whirlwind year in music. At the ceremony, Taylor Swift announced her eleventh album The Tortured Poets Department, Miley…

No feeling is more memorable than terror. Whether it’s nightmares from 10 years ago or a particularly scary horror movie, people remember fear. Perhaps this is why horror has created more original iconic characters than any other genre. Jason Voorhees, Michael Myers, Freddy Krueger, Ghostface and many more were all spawned as slasher villains but…

It’s officially awards season! From Anora to The Brutalist, check out all the top movies that are awards contenders this year. Find out when you can see them yourself, as well as early-season predictions for the 97th Academy Awards. Each year brings its own slate of blockbusters, indie darlings, box office bombs, shameless cash-grab sequels and pretentious critics’…

“Two Tickets to Paradise”–the 1977 hit song by rockstar Eddie Money–is perfectly analogous to our experience last Friday, on what should have been a regular weekday. Last weekend, Taylor Swift wrapped up her U.S. leg of The Eras Tour, a world-famous spectacle that has been selling out stadiums since March 2023. After finding out on…

October 28 marked the release of Tyler, the Creator’s seventh studio album CHROMAKOPIA. The album’s release came as a surprise to fans, as Tyler Okonma has been on a consistent trend of dropping an album every two years since his self-released album Bastard in 2011. The album’s title comes from a combination of the word “chrome,” meaning vividness or…

The first time I listened to Nirvana’s In Utero, I felt the same way I do upon finishing a horror movie. I felt shocked and exhausted; it was the first (and as of now, only) time an album made me feel that way. Given my love for scary movies, In Utero quickly became one of my favorite albums….

If you’ve worked in the corporate world at any point in the last decade, you’ve probably become familiar with the “Memphis” art style that’s taken over slide shows and infographics in offices across America. Corporate Memphis generously stretches the definitions of both the words “art” and “style,” and is characterized by flat, round figures devoid…