Featured Writing

Movie Reviews

• ‘The Holdovers’ finds its holiday spirit in not sugarcoating the difficulties of getting there

• ‘May December’ is an uneasy, moral tugging, acting tour-de-force

• ‘Saint Maud’: An Exquisite Story Of Whom Gets To Be A Savior And Perceived To Be A Sinner

• ‘Sound Of Metal’ Displays A Man Dealing With Hearing Loss, But Gaining Much More In The Process

• Revolution Collides With Deceit In Terrific ‘Judas And The Black Messiah’

• ‘Soul’ Takes An Original Journey Into The Afterlife, Jazz Music, And The Meaning Of Spark

• ‘US’ Is Jordan Peele’s Unforgiving And Intelligent Look Into The Battle Against Self

• ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ Takes Classic Rom-Com Themes and Infuses Them With Culture That Makes The Story Memorable

TV Reviews

• ‘The Bear’ Episode 6 highlights a key point of continual generational trauma residing within the Berzatto family

• The Other Black Girl’s horrors stem from the stifling weight of corporate racism and stereotypes

• Euphoria’s Special Rue-Centered Episode Shows The Value Of A Simple Conversation

• ‘The Idol’s premiere doesn’t draw us any closer to an understanding of who it’s made for

• Haunting of Hill House Premiere: A Family Coming Apart Within A Ghost Story

Feature/Interview Profiles

• Pale Waves Is Ready To Show You More Of Who They Are

• Haviah Mighty Is A Force For Change Within A Time That Needs It

• Donna Missal On Lighter, Catharsis, And How Her Creative Processes Has Grown

• With ‘Christian,’ All The World Is Allan Rayman’s Stage

• Enter Shikari Unlocks Possibilities Within An Unrecognizable World

• Oh Wonder Bring About Their New Sense Of Perspective On ‘No One Else Can Wear Your Crown’

• The Ever-Growing, Ever-Evolving World Of Lights

• Jewel, ‘No More Tears,’ And Her Tale Of Persistence Through Hardships

Political Editorials

• RBG’s Legacy and the Fight For the Ninth Seat

• To Play Or Not To Play

• The Fallacy of Cancel Culture and How It’s Used To Evade Consequences

• How Many More?

• Waiting On My Turn To Feel Patriotic

• 'America, America, This Is You."

• The Commercialization of Martin Luther King Jr.

• Our Teachers and Students Need Us Now More Than Ever

Album Reviews/Anniversary Features

• Deftones’ ‘Ohms’ Is The Perfect Marriage Between Sublime Beauty And Aggressiveness

• ‘It’s Happening, Penny Lane’: Ten Years Of Drake's Thank Me Later’

• Kanye’s Victory Lap: Celebrating 10 Years Of ‘Graduation’

• Maggie Rogers Masterfully Tackles The Memories Of Her Past On “Heard It In A Past Life”

• 10 Years of ‘808s and Heartbreak’: A Betrayal of A Dream and Kanye West’s Pinocchio Story

• Lorde’s ‘Melodrama” is a Musical Playwright’s Depiction On The Honest Feelings of Love Lost

• Alessia Cara Finds Herself Through The In between of Stardom, Love, and “The Pains of Growing Up”

• “Minutes To Midnight”, Linkin Park, and Their Push For Something New

• Beyonce- ‘Lemonade

• On “Revival,” Eminem Tries To Figure Out Where To Go Next, While Taking Us To Places Where We’ve Already Been

Op-Eds

• In ‘Killers of the Flower Moon,’ love is used as a weapon against the Osage community

• ‘Elvis’ and ‘Priscilla’ view the King from distinct points of hero admiration and needed critique. It’s complicated.

• ‘Framing Britney Spears’ Shows Pop Culture Media’s Love Affair With Stars Hitting The Bottom

• Kanye West’s Coldest Winter

• Op-Ed: Christopher Nolan, HBO Max, And The Fight For The Movie Viewing Experience

• Op-Ed: 2020, What ‘Soul’ Teaches Us About Deconstructing Purpose And Being Present

• Long Live The Robots

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