Arts & Entertainment
Television
Compete, Adapt, Survive: The Decline of Food Network
With the advent of short–form, sensationalist food content, are traditional channels cooked?
by BEA HAMMAM
Music
Short n’ Sweet is a Branding Success for Sabrina
Sabrina Carpenter hits the mark on the weightless, fun, and sexy Short n’ Sweet.
by ANANYA VARSHNEYA
Film
The Substance: A Bloody Fountain of Youth
Margaret Qualley and Demi Moore star in a nauseatingly gory chase for ageless beauty.
by FIONA HERZOG
Film
Alien is a Franchise Bent on Recreation
The relationship between fans of the Alien films has morphed as the franchise has continually grown weirder.
by ADEN BERGER
Film
Gena Rowlands Changed Everything
The actress, who passed away last month, was as influential as any actress has been in the past century.
by ADEN BERGER
Television
Street's Emmys Predictions
What does the Film/TV section think will happen Sunday night?
by AMY LUO, ISAAC POLLOCK, ADEN BERGER, BEA HAMMAM, and JAKE FALCONER
Music
Manning Fireworks is in the Canon of Indie Poetry
MJ Lenderman’s new album doesn’t seek to wow you with over–the–top compositions, instead focusing on the words of rock’s greatest modern lyricist.
by COLE KNIGHT
Arts
Illuminating Creativity: Barbara Earl Thomas’s Radiant World
Exploring Light, Life, and Legacy at Arthur Ross Gallery
by LUIZA LOUBACK
Music
Can you spell K–I–S–S–I–S–S–I–P–P–I?
Kississippi has been making music for ten years, but the best is yet to come.
by KATE RATNER
Arts
Home, Yard, Entryway
The ICA’s fall exhibitions regard our most familiar and intimate spaces with new nostalgia.
by KATRINA ITONA
Music
Bumpin' That At The Frat Boiler Room
Songs 34th Street Wants to Hear Mixed At Every Euro-Boy's Frat Basement Set This Fall
by 34TH STREET
Film
What gets lost between the page and the screen?
All the Buzzfeed articles about the color of Hermione’s dress at the Yule Ball are missing the point.
by ISAAC POLLOCK
Arts
The Translatable Beauty of ‘The Poem Returns as an Echo: Dialogues with Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’
The influence of Cha’s pioneering work is on display at the Contemporary Greek Art Institute.
by MAYA GRUNSCHLAG
Arts
‘The Jellicle Ball’ is a Remake That Outshines the Original
‘Cats’ is reincarnated in a gorgeous, queer reimagining of the musical
by CHENYAO LIU
Film
'Longlegs' Falls Short
The real scares were left to our imagination with marketing that out–scared the film itself.
by FIONA HERZOG
Music
‘C, XOXO’ is an Unorganized, yet Sincere Love Letter to Miami
The Cuban–American singer’s fourth studio album puts exploration front and center, yielding a complex project.
by DEREK WONG
Arts
Reimagining the Classics
Percival Everett’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reworking exemplifies unapologetic irreverence to the “classics.”
by BOBBY MCCANN
Music
Clairo Strikes Gold with ‘Charm’
The indie darling is comfortable with her vulnerability in her new easy–listening record.
by HANNAH SUNG
Film
The Dark Dance of Ambition in Ti West’s Trilogy
Even when MaXXXine falls short of lofty ambitions, it is still an unmissable finale.
by FIONA HERZOG
Television
'The Bear': Not good, not bad, just fine dining
The third season of this stressful “comedy” has beautiful elements, but the complete dish is incohesive.
by ISAAC POLLOCK
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