When Esther Shapiro, known as Esty, jumps in the taxi for the first time, she can鈥檛 help but gaze out at the sky through the window as tears begin streaming down her face. She has escaped her past and is ready to start anew.聽 Written by Anna Winger and Alexa Karolinksi, "Unorthodox" tells the story ...
In an era of large-scale Hollywood reboots that too often collapse into a cesspool of critical disdain and overwhelming disappointment, writer and director Leigh Whannell offers a sophisticated adaptation of H. G. Wells鈥檚 classic novel 鈥淭he Invisible Man.鈥� Subverting the novel鈥檚 omniscient narrator, ...
Director C茅line Sciamma explores and celebrates the tender but tragic love between two women in her fourth feature film, 鈥淧ortrait of a Lady on Fire,鈥� which opened at Avon Cinema last Friday, Feb. 28. Marianne, a Parisian painter, and H茅lo茂se, a former convent girl from an aristocratic family, ...
鈥淎t the center of this glass bottle is rose quartz 鈥� the crystal of compassion, tenderness, and comfort,鈥� describes an $80 water bottle on Santa Monica-based lifestyle brand goop鈥檚 web store.聽 The Netflix series, 鈥渢he goop lab,鈥� released on Jan. 24, serves as a sort of realization of this ...
On Feb. 21, the South-Korean boy band BTS (Beyond the Scene) released their seventh studio album 鈥淢ap of the Soul: 7.鈥� The album is made up of 20 tracks, five of which come from their previous album 鈥淢ap of the Soul: Persona.鈥� Each track, regardless of whether it was pre-released or not, secured ...
On Feb. 12 鈥� just two days before Valentine鈥檚 Day 鈥� Netflix released 鈥淭o All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You,鈥� the sequel to the sensational 2018 rom-com 鈥淭o All the Boys I鈥檝e Loved Before.鈥� The film adaptation roughly parallels the second book of author Jenny Han鈥檚 trilogy 鈥淭o All ...
Okay Kaya鈥檚 second studio-length album is a cathartic recollection and release of intimate memory. 鈥淲atch This Liquid Pour Itself,鈥� released Jan. 24, pushes Kaya鈥檚 genre-bending sound further than past experiments; here, she oscillates between moments of wistful, folkish R&B and bullish ...
On Jan. 31, the release of Taylor Swift鈥檚 intimate documentary 鈥淢iss Americana鈥� took Netflix by storm. Directed by Emmy-Award winner Lana Wilson, the documentary follows Swift on her long-winded search for 鈥渉appiness without anyone else鈥檚 input,鈥� highlighting her struggles against criticisms, ...
Last week, the Avon Cinema screened the 92nd Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film nominees in anticipation of the awards show.聽 Out of the 92 short films that qualified for Oscar consideration, 鈥淗air Love,鈥� 鈥淜itbull,鈥� 鈥淒aughter,鈥� 鈥淪ister鈥� and 鈥淢emorable鈥� were selected to compete ...
鈥淯ncut Gems,鈥� an American crime thriller directed by Josh and Benny Safdie, is an action-packed cinematic masterpiece. Adam Sandler plays the movie鈥檚 main character, Howard Ratner, a gambler and businessman who runs a jewelry store in New York鈥檚 diamond district. A 10-year long project, 鈥淯ncut ...
鈥淔ive, six, seven, eight, one!鈥� That鈥檚 the cue for Navarro cheerleader Morgan Simianer to hurl herself thirty feet into the air, flip twice at the top, then land back in the arms of four of her teammates. She groans upon impact but hops out of the stunt nonchalantly, clearly used to the pain. 鈥淭here鈥檚 ...
In 070 Shake鈥檚 debut album, 鈥淢odus Vivendi,鈥� the rising artist employs sanguine, dreamy studio production while lyrically reflecting on relationships. But, the 22-year-old still seems to be polishing how studio experimentation can serve her genre-less introspection. Released Jan. 17, the GOOD ...
In his characteristic imitation of the mumblecore aesthetic, director Noah Baumbach tackles the transformation of love in his most recent project, 鈥淢arriage Story,鈥� released on Netflix in December. The project is reflective and semi-autobiographical for Baumbach, recalling similar domestic meditations ...
On Nov. 27, renowned Italian-American filmmaker Martin Scorsese 鈥� known for films including 鈥淕oodfellas,鈥� 鈥淭axi Driver,鈥� 鈥淭he Departed鈥� and 鈥淭he Wolf of Wall Street鈥濃�� made his Netflix debut with his newest film 鈥淭he Irishman.鈥� With an arduous runtime of three hours and 30 minutes, ...
Gabe Simon 鈥�20 released his debut album, 鈥淢r. Adrian Goes to Kihei鈥� last week under the stage name of 鈥淒ogmanjones.鈥� Now available on Spotify and Apple Music, Dogman鈥檚 tracks resist any sort of neat denomination; punctuated by abundant sampling and incorporating elements of lo-fi, pop, hip-hop ...
On Nov. 5, late-night talk-show host Seth Meyers released his Netflix special 鈥淟obby Baby,鈥� which marked his stand-up comedy debut. In the special, Meyers dons a sweater and jeans, a drastic departure from the attire of his 鈥渄ay鈥� job. He acknowledges his fish-out-of-water state: 鈥淚 know it ...
Through an exploration of the subconscious and a confrontation of grief, rapper Earl Sweatshirt reveals more of himself than ever before in 鈥淔eet of Clay鈥� 鈥� an album only 15 minutes long. Thebe Neruda Kgositsile, better known by his stage name Earl Sweatshirt, described his first project since ...
In her second studio-length album 鈥淢AGDALENE,鈥� cross-genre artist FKA twigs employs her emotion-laced voice as a medium for self-reflection, dancing between genuine emotion and cliched heartbreak. The album鈥檚 title alludes to the biblical figure of Mary Magdalene, who is one of Jesus Christ鈥檚 ...
The South Korean film 鈥淧arasite鈥� has continued to shock audiences across the globe ever since it won the Palme d鈥橭r award at the May 2019 Cannes Film Festival. Directed by the highly acclaimed South Korean director Bong Joon-ho, also responsible for the dystopian movies 鈥淪nowpiercer鈥� and ...
This past weekend, Sock & Buskin produced the play 鈥淒ry Swallow,鈥� a gritty interrogation of the relationship between drugs, class, violence and art. The play, written by Lucas Baisch MFA 鈥�20 and directed by Brooklyn-based Bengali director Shayok Misha Chowdhury, takes place in three separate ...
