Arts & Entertainment
Music
Maggie Rogers’ ‘Surrender’ Burns Bright in Its Emotional Catharsis
After a nearly three–year–long hiatus, Rogers’ sophomore album swallows you whole in the best way possible.
by KIRA WANG
Film
The Anatomy of an Unlikeable Female Protagonist
Zoey Deutch is a caricature of scammer culture in Hulu's ‘Not Okay.’
by NATALIA CASTILLO
Music
Florist’s Self–Titled Album is a Portrait of a Band in Full Bloom
Emily Sprague and her friends’ intuitive musicianship merges with the natural world on their most immersive project to date.
by WALDEN GREEN
Music
Where Indie Folk Meets Film Score
Lila Dubois and Miles Tobel’s premier album, “Maybe This Is A Bad Idea” is one of cinematic, indie sound.
by EMILY MAIORANO
Word on the street
The Main Character's Burden
On 'The Summer I Turned Pretty,' teenage summer fantasies, and what it means to live a life of passivity.
by SRUTHI SRINIVAS
Arts
Who's the 'Funny Girl' Now?
A casting decision bigger than Broadway: fulfilling Lea Michele's dream.
by KATE RATNER
Arts
Pictures of Space: Art That’s Out of This World?
NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope is making complicated science both accessible and beautiful.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
Ego
Yune Kim Finds the Purpose of Career Within Art
Her playfulness and wonder seeps through every aspect of her art—whether it be textbook illustrations or bunny bucket hats.
by EMILY MAIORANO
Television
Stranger Things 4: Bigger Stakes, Same Formula
Netflix’s Golden Goose, Stranger Things, has released its fourth mega–size season that resembles a blockbuster movie more than a TV show.
by JACOB POLLACK
Music
Stop Gatekeeping Your Favorite Artists from TikTok
We want to keep the music we love from social media circulation. Why?
by SRUTHI SRINIVAS
Television
Peeking Behind the Golden Curtain
America’s Got Talent faces accusations of fraud and discrimination.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
Film
Watching ‘The Inside Outtakes’ From the Outside
As the pandemic's reign reaches ambiguous territory, Bo Burnham’s special strikes a different chord.
by RACHEL SWYM
Television
Volume 3 of ‘Love Death + Robots’ Proves Animation is the Most Human Medium
‘Love Death + Robots’ shows that it only takes a few minutes to capture the human experience—and it doesn't matter how you do it.
by SRUTHI SRINIVAS
Arts
“In Full Bloom” Explores Sustainability in Philly
The nation’s oldest horticultural event is more than just a pretty flower show.
by EMILY MAIORANO
Music
Make Way for gloss: A Local Band That Sparkles in Their Authenticity
This Philadelphia–born, all–female band is making their mark on the city's music scene—one glitter baptism at a time.
by EMILY MAIORANO
Music
Aldous Harding’s Live Show Explores a New Uncanny Valley
The folk eccentric’s set at Union Transfer was a mesmerizing, surprisingly groovy deconstruction of performance and vulnerability.
by WALDEN GREEN
Arts
The Arden's “School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play" Highlights Underrepresentation in Penn's Theatre Scene
Penn's performing arts communities could learn a thing or two from “School Girls,” says rising senior Cristle Ike.
by EMILY MAIORANO
Film
The Magnificent Mundanity of ‘Marcel the Shell with Shoes On’
The YouTube trilogy–turned–feature–length film explores grief and joy through the eyes of a tiny anthropomorphic shell.
by MEG GLADIEUX
Television
Bittersweet to Bleak: Why Season Three of ‘Derry Girls’ Fell Short
Season three of Netflix's 'Derry Girls' lacks the rosy bittersweetness that characterizes its first two seasons.
by ALICIA LOPEZ
Television
Is ‘SNL’ more than just satire?
Sometimes we need a clown to give us a reality check.
by SEJAL SANGANI
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