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Arts Criticism

Art Critic Emma Ehle says girl in red’s “I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!” is dynamic, powerful and unapologetically confident. (Photo courtesy of Sony Music Canada)

Review: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’

Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer April 22, 2024

Rating: 8/10   Marie Ulven — otherwise known as girl in red — has long existed in the upper echelon of a genre colloquially referred to as “Gay pop.” Standing alongside artists like...

Arts criticism writer Abby Jarrett says “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” falls majorly short of cinematic mastery. (Photo via Toho Co., Ltd./Warner Bros. Pictures/IMDb)

Review: ‘Godzilla x Kong,’ a plot as thick as paper

Abby Jarrett, Life & Arts Writer April 8, 2024

Rating: 3/10   It’s time to put this franchise, if you can even call it that, out of its misery.  “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” was released on March 29 and has received a plethora...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” is a powerful, thematically complex reclamation of country music. (Cover via Beyoncé/Twitter)

Review: Beyoncé transcends genre, politics and racial prejudice in ‘Cowboy Carter’

Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer April 8, 2024

Rating: 9/10   On Nov. 2, 2016, R&B supernova Beyoncé was met with hostility, beratement and blatant racism after performing the “Lemonade” track “Daddy Lessons” with The Chicks...

Review: More than you bargained for

Review: More than you bargained for

Abby Jarrett, Life & Arts Writer March 25, 2024

Rating: 6/10 While some may call it “art” and “cinematic mastery,” I call it deeply disturbing. I will never look at Sydney Sweeney the same again.  Spoilers ahead for “Immaculate.” “Immaculate”...

Review: Daragh O’Halloran's 'GREEN BEAT'

Review: Daragh O’Halloran’s ‘GREEN BEAT’

Noah Van Soest, Life & Arts Writer March 17, 2024

Despite the prevalence of the 1960s in rock music discussions, the history of Irish rock music of that period is seldom discussed, let alone mentioned, in both academic and non-academic music circles,...

Art Critic Emma Ehle says Faye Webster’s “Underdressed at the Symphony” is both beautifully understated and slightly underwhelming. (Photo via Paul Hudson/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Review: Faye Webster’s ‘Underdressed at the Symphony’

Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer March 5, 2024

On Friday, March 1, indie folk sweetheart Faye Webster released her long anticipated fifth studio album, titled “Underdressed at the Symphony.” An understated yet intricate project following her...

Arts Critic Abby Jarrett says “Dune: Part Two” is worth every minute of the 166. (Photo via Legendary and Warner Bros /IMDB)

Review: ‘Dune Part Two’

Abby Jarrett, Life & Arts Writer March 4, 2024

Rating 10/10   Usually, when I write my reviews, I choose to focus on the negative aspects of the movies to provide readers with a truly honest answer as to what to expect. After seeing “Dune:...

Art Critic Theresa Lozano says Netflix’s “One Day” isn’t another adaptation down the drain (but it is one that made her cry). (Photo via Netflix/IMDB)

Review: ‘One Day’

Theresa Lozano, Life & Arts Writer March 4, 2024

Rating 8.7/10   Spoilers ahead for “One Day.” Netflix is back at it with another adaptation, and boy were my expectations wrong. Based on the 2009 David Nicholls novel “One Day,”...

Art critic Emma Ehle says The Last Dinner Party’s “Prelude to Ecstasy” is dripping with grandeur in its romantic lyricism and baroque visuals. (Photo via Raph_PH/Flickr/CC BY 2.0 DEED)

Review: The Last Dinner Party’s ‘Prelude to Ecstasy’

Emma Ehle, Life & Arts Writer February 18, 2024

Rating: 8/10   On Friday, Feb. 2, The Last Dinner Party released the official theatre-kid love child of Tori Amos, Fiona Apple and Florence and the Machine (if conceived in an 18th-century French...

Six love songs for Valentine’s

Six love songs for Valentine’s

Noah Van Soest, Life & Arts Writer February 13, 2024

From me to you: here are a few tracks of love and loving to give this sticky-sweet time a little extra color.  “Darling Be Home Soon” (Live At Woodstock) — John Sebastian Emanating out from...

Star Wars and Nip Slips?

Star Wars and Nip Slips?

Abby Jarrett, Life & Arts Writer February 12, 2024

From captivating couture to purposeful nip slips, the 66th Annual Grammy Awards’ red carpet looks did not disappoint.  The Grammys is a chance for artists and celebrities alike to feature outfits...

Enter the enigmatic world of “Argylle,”, a spy movie with a corresponding novel seemingly written by the fictional protagonist of the movie that had audiences suspecting Taylor Swift as the ghostwriter. Is this a timeless spy thriller or the story of an ingenious two-for one movie and novel marketing scheme gone wrong?

Argylle: What Just Happened?

Sameeksha Sharma, Life & Arts Writer February 5, 2024

Rating: 6/10    It is only fitting that a movie about taking down a global spy syndicate has a couple of mysteries surrounding its inception and release. While audiences naturally assumed that...

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