What happened to music last year? This is a question that has been asked by people after the recent 68th Grammy Awards. After rising viewership between 2021 and 2024, the number of views for this...
If it wasn’t obvious by the title, this article contains spoilers for “Stranger Things.” Despite the fact that there are only five seasons, I’ve been watching “Stranger Things” since I was 11 years old. After...
At this point, “Smiling Friends” needs no introduction. Birthed from the unhinged minds of Zach Hadel and Michael Cusack, its characters, visual style and humor have had a massive impact on internet culture since its...
As someone who enjoys watching movies for the escapism, I was greatly looking forward to watching “The People We Meet on Vacation” upon its Netflix release this month. As I sat down with my roommate...
“How do you know my name?” I repeat slowly, my voice heavy with fatigue, forcing my eyes to meet his own. He just appeared out of thin air. This cannot be a normal man. The...
The concept of the hive mind is one of the most fascinating in sci-fi. The idea of once-ordinary human beings who have been stripped of everything that makes them unique—their thoughts, behaviors, personalities—and turned into...
Contains spoilers for ‘She’s the Man,’ ‘Anyone but You,’ and ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ It started over the summer. At internship orientation, some of my fellow new recruits were talking about Letterboxd, going through their profiles...
Being able to create an entire album is an incredible feat, but it is even more impressive when it tells a cohesive story. Many artists have created songs that ultimately have a greater meaning when...
I’m back at it again with my favorite albums of the year! 2025 has been a fantastic 12 months for music, featuring releases from various genres and styles. Admittedly, this year’s list was far harder...
The Backlog is a pillar of gaming discourse and general self-deprecating humor. A never-ending list of titles, new and old, at the whims of the player, sounds perfect on paper. You always have something to...
“Ride the Cyclone” is a show that is near and dear to many theatre and theatre-adjacent kids’ hearts, mine included. With some challenging vocal performances and a dreamlike setting that gives the show the option...
And so I run. Down the burning smoking hill through the field of fire. No erfl gets in my way as I kick up dirt, running through a world that has become merely a bright...
This time of year is all about listening to melancholic music by terrible people, or at least that’s what I do every fall. In revisiting some of my favorite mournful musicians, I was once again...
I Hate Thanksgiving The Turkey is always dry What is in stuffing? I Hate Thanksgiving The Pilgrims are repugnant Let’s do better, please I Hate Thanksgiving The Macy’s Parade is fine Get better...
There is a bug trapped The window is open Its buggy body is pressed against the screen The window is open I cannot tell you what kind of bug it was, I am not...
Those who know of “The Merchant of Venice,” one of Shakespeare’s most controversial plays, know of the debate around the central themes of the show: Was the intention of the play antisemitic? Hold Thy Peace...
The Brandeis Undergraduate Theater Collective’s recent production of Thornton Wilder’s “Our Town,” directed by Hannah “Phoenix” Feldman ’27, details the lives of the Webb and Gibbs families, along with the stories of several other people...
It is hopeless, I think, muffling my anger in this hauntingly familiar environment. I slip the spear back in its sling, where it belongs. I breathe in, the air smelling like sweat and cut wood....
