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Reviews and think pieces on music, movies, art, and theater.



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Reagan (2024): The crusade of modern American propaganda

Reagan is an exercise in idolatry, in a politically fervent and particularly partisan decade.

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MJ Lenderman can’t escape his North Carolina angst on Manning Fireworks

In the face of forces that crush his soul, you’ll probably find Lenderman on his knees. But while he’s down there, he’s gonna rock out.

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Savor the dreamlike escape of Imaginal Disk

For listeners seeking to escape the comfortable confines of the mainstream, Imaginal Disk is a sonic journey worth embarking on.

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Short n’ Sweet is exactly what pop music needs right now

“Fun-ness” has become media currency, and Sabrina Carpenter is rich in it.

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Though imperfect, It Ends With Us starts an important conversation

By now, you’ve probably heard about It Ends With Us for all the wrong reasons. And that’s a damn shame.

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Julia Fox’s Down the Drain is refreshingly messy in lieu of artificial honesty

Fox flings each volatile event over her shoulder like a Birken bag, strutting off to the next flaming disaster with little hindsight.

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Fassbinder and Free Verse: A Conversation with Poet Drew Pisarra

Pisarra crafts a collection which commemorates the late director’s work while simultaneously continuing the conversation.

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A Quiet Place: Day One lands a solid second place for the franchise

In a vacuum, A Quiet Place: Day One is decent. As the third film in this franchise, it fails to justify its existence in any meaningful way.

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Ha Vay’s Baby I’m the Wolf is a call to the wild you’re gonna wanna answer

On the eclectic, electrifying Baby I’m The Wolf, lightning does in fact strike the same place twice—actually, make that ten times. 

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Kinds of Kindness’ feral absurdism

Despite the unhinged outer packaging, Kinds of Kindness questions the lengths one would go to feel loved and accepted.

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The Secret of Us embraces uncertainty with open arms

Abrams embraces a new sound on The Secret of Us, while still channeling the familiar heart-aching bluntness that first shot her to fame.

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“Are we still talking about tennis?”: In Challengers, the answer is always “no.”

What Guadagnino spares in the bedroom, he gives us in spades on the court.

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Lana Nauphal’s debut album, Wildland, is an ode to self-discovery

Nauphal’s debut album Wildland wields love as a tool for introspection.

Features

Amid a wave of queer TV cancelations, one fandom is fighting back

On the evening of April 11, at the end of primetime, hundreds of voices counted down under their breath. Their fingers hovered over their keyboards, their eyes fixed to the... Read more

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Off Trail strays from the path of cliché coming-of-age dramas

Zhao lifts the teenage drama out of the typical high school classroom and places it into the wild.

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Tender but long-winded, The Tortured Poets Department would shine brighter if abridged, not anthologized

TTPD has a fair share of shimmering standouts that have only improved with time. However, the addition of the anthology tracks significantly watered down the record.

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Dancing the night away to banda and corridos, Ballet Folklórico Mexicano de Georgetown brings brilliance to the student dance community

More than just a dance group committed to its artistry, BFMG has become a home away from home for its members.

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Breathtaking in its brutality, Civil War shocks the American conscience

A visual and sonic marvel, Civil War forces American audiences to grapple with the horror of modern warfare brought to U.S. shores.

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Perfect Days (2024) muses on how to live

Even when reflecting on suffering, Perfect Days urges us that the sadness will pass and perfect days will come again soon.

Voices

The search for Georgetown’s vibrant writing community

Not only do these classes force us to write outside of a purely academic mindset (because sometimes the econ quiz, IR paper, and Lau 2 fumes just aren’t conducive to storytelling), but they also carve out time for us to focus on honing our craft and narrative voice. Disparate students joined together through writing have grown into a veritable literary community at Georgetown.