Regardless of the viewer's political stance, The Motorcycle Diaries is a beautiful film to look at, and a perfect advertisement for the countries Guevara and Granado explore.
"I am the opposite of a stage magician," asserts the narrator of "The Glass Menagerie." "He gives you illusion that has the appearance of truth. I give you truth in the pleasant disguise of illusion."
This...
The documentary “Paper Tigers” focuses on a topic most people agree upon; would anyone explicitly suggest that it’s a bad thing for teens suffering from toxic stress to receive help instead of punishment?
The...
Full of dark suspense and masterfully-executed plot twists, “Station Eleven” leaves the reader disturbed without delving into the gory minutia transpiring at the beginning of civilization’s collapse.
It’s easy to be cynical about the state of the film industry these days when it is seemingly driven by nothing but greed and producing nothing but expensive franchise sequels (or remakes) and restricting...
Carrie & Lowell is Sufjan Stevens' first full-length album in five years. It marks his return to the beautiful folk roots that distinguished some of his older releases, but it's much more stripped...
Right off the bat, I'm going to say that I can only hope that I'll do Laura Marling's new album Short Movie justice in this review. I'll let you know right away that Short Movie is an incredible album....
Growing up, I realized that Latina women were also typecast in almost oppressively one-dimensional stereotypes on television. Look at Eva Longoria who portrayed a conniving Latina homemaker who used her looks to advance her agenda in "Desperate Housewives." Or look at Sofia Vergara who plays the overly emotional, overly loud and overly crazy Gloria on "Modern Family." Turn on Lifetime’s "Devious Maids" for 10 minutes to see the silent-but-sexualized maid trope. Even Santana on "Glee," Fox’s hour-long PSA against harmful stereotypes, falls victim to these cliches.
I might be biased when it comes to Andrew Bird's music. Everyone has that one musician they've been attached to for years, the artist who's carried them through thick and thin, the artist you always come...
Belle & Sebastian is a modern embodiment of the chamber pop genre; characterized by simple melodies, creative and orchestral instrumentation and extensive balladry, their style gives songs time to...
As I start my last semester at Whitman, the terror of the fast approaching real world is looming. I'm starting to be expected to have answers for questions such as, "What do you want to do?" or "What...
