Arts & Entertainment
Film
Fifteen Years Later: A Retrospective on the ‘07 Writers Guild Strike
As writers in Hollywood strike once more, flashback to the 2007 WGA strike to see what rights writers were and are still fighting for.
by ISAAC POLLOCK
Ego
Lorenzo di Bonaventura's Transformation: From Wharton to West Hollywood
Transformers producer discusses his beginnings at Wharton, that lead him to the business of film.
by CALEB CRAIN
Television
The Idol is Nostalgic for an Era Without Consequences
HBO’s new show courts modern scandal, but can’t seem to escape the past.
by CATHERINE SORRENTINO
Music
The Soundtrack for Your Summer Might Be Korean
From Mooning over First Loves to Plotting Murderous Revenge, K–Drama Original Soundtracks always provide the perfect back track for your summer shenanigans.
by ENNE KIM
Television
Succession: The Modern American Melodrama
Soap opera meets Shakespeare to create this fan favorite tv show.
by CALEB CRAIN
Music
Taylor Swift’s Self–Serving White Feminism
Swift’s New Connections with 1975 frontman Matty Healy reveals political shallowness.
by MEHREEN SYED
Arts
Illuminated After Dark
The Swarm Exhibition at the ICA utilizes art as powerful social commentary on race and class.
by MEHREEN SYED
Film
Dreaming American at the Oscars
The truth under the surface of Hollywood’s obsession with the "American Dream".
by YEEUN YOO
Television
Representation in the Not So Modern Age
Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story is rewriting history, fictionally.
by JULES LINGENFELTER
Film
What could Possibly be Wrong about Netflix?
Streaming services are destroying the film industry with homogenization and capitalism.
by WEIKE LI
Arts
The Friend We Find in Existential Modern Art
As Somerset Maugham said: “Art is a manifestation of emotion, and emotion speaks a language that all may understand.”
by ANGELE DIAMACOUNE
Film
Academia, Angst, and Adulting: Six Movies to Watch to Get Rid of Postgrad Blues
These six films, which range from playful rom–coms to satirical social critiques, all have something to say about adulting.
by ANNA O'NEILL–DIETEL
Arts
'Tell Me What You Remember' Tells the Forgotten Stories of Apartheid
The latest exhibition at the Barnes Foundation stages a dialogue between two South African artists.
by JOSEPHINE BUCCINI
Arts
The Agony and Ecstasy of Growing Up
What we can learn about #adulting from “Everything I Know About Love” by Dolly Alderton and “Such a Fun Age” by Kiley Reid
by LUIZA LOUBACK
Film
Girls Will Be Girls
Ten years later, Lena Dunham's brainchild still defines the post–grad experience—whether we like it or not
by KATE RATNER
Television
How 'Beef' Explores Asian American Rage
A24 makes space for major (and minor) feelings in its hit new dark comedy.
by ENNE KIM
Television
Keeping 'Outer Banks' Classy
Love triangles aren’t the only conflict in the sociopolitical battlefield of 'Outer Banks.'
by NORAH RAMI
Arts
Carmen Maria Machado: A Tour Through the Dream House
The celebrated memoirist and fiction writer takes us through the highs and lows of contemporary queer life.
by GIULIA NOTO LA DIEGA
Television
The Season Finale of 'The Last of Us' Made All of Us Freak Out
The finale’s controversial ending had viewers questioning everything ... but wasn’t that the point?
by EMMA MARKS
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