by Liam Trump ’24 After a nearly eight year-long hiatus from live action films, director Wes Anderson is back with The French Dispatch. Starring the likes of Bill Murray, Tilda Swinton, Owen Wilson, Timothée Chalamet, and many more, Anderson weaves together an anthology that only he could dream up. Chronicling the final days of the fictional Ennui-sur-Blasé based newspaper called … Read More
by Naomi Bang ‘23 From Squid Game to BTS, there’s no question that South Korea has been making waves in international pop culture. Hallyu or “Korean wave” is a term to describe the rise in global popularity of South Korea’s pop culture. The country has made its mark in entertainment, cuisine, fashion, technology, terminology, and beauty. The recent K-drama Squid … Read More
by Kyla Sanchez ‘22 The date is October 4. After years of inactivity, the Twitter account @mitskileaks, the official information account of famed and supposedly retired indie musician Mitski, posts a single image of the artist’s back as she stands in a glossy elevator. The image contains white text across it reading, “mitski – October 5th, 2021. 10:00am ET. From … Read More
by Selene Ashewood ’22 American Psycho: The infamous film adopted from the 1991 novel by Bret Easton Ellis that went uncomfortably deep into examining the world of wealth—specifically through the lens of said American psycho. The endless atrocities he commits in the film all come from the same thing: his money. It consumed him and fixated his life on upholding … Read More
by Rachel Klein ’22 Twenty-two years ago marks the release of the hit movie She’s All That, starring Rachael Leigh Cook and Freddie Prinze Jr. Since then, the rom-com has become a classic, right up there with 10 Things I Hate About You and She’s The Man. Like many good classics, Hollywood cannot resist the need to remake it. On … Read More
by Jena Le ’23 BTS is currently the most popular music group in the world with numerous records, including the most viewed music video on Youtube in 24 hours (108.2 million views), most streamed music act on Spotify, and three No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Hot 100 Chart. This seven-member K-Pop group has made their mark with their catchy tunes, … Read More
by Ella Scher ’23 As a mask-wearing man lounges back in a lavish room of which he is undoubtedly the owner, we see through a surveillance feed four hundred fifty-six people playing what seems to be a game of Red Light Green Light. Then someone moves on red, and the shooting begins. It’s sickening how engrossing Squid Game, Netflix’s newest … Read More
by Kyla Sanchez ’22 Even amidst a sea of escapism-based adventure video games that have been released since quarantine, Sable stands out from the rest. In Sable, you play as a masked youth named Sable who is undergoing a coming-of-age ceremony in a nomadic sci-fi desert land where she must search the land for a suitable rite-of-passage mask to forge … Read More
by Emily Siansky ‘22 After more than a year’s worth of delays due to Covid-19, Harry Styles finally is back touring and performed on September 18 at the Capital One Arena. For fans who have been anticipating the shows for months and months, Styles delivered. “Harry Styles sure knows how to put on a performance,” said senior Jenna Thompson. “The … Read More
by Madison Tringone ’22 The phenomenon of BookTok and BookTube has skyrocketed across the Internet since the start of the pandemic. After teenagers sat at home for approximately 17 months, many picked up the hobby of reading. Social media has influenced viewers, helping them with book selections. BookTube has been around since the beginning of YouTube in 2005 and with … Read More