Wednesday, June 25, 2025
Photo courtesy of Miriam Sokolska. In a crowded room packed with chit-chat and little homemade booklets, my journey with zines began with a 2019 visit to the DC Zine Fest. There I was exposed to the very do-it-yourself culture of self-publishing that holds a rich history in counterculture, activism and […]
Photo courtesy of Robst56, Wiki. Adele has graced our ears once more nearly six years after she last dropped an album. On Oct. 14, Adele dropped her new single “Easy On Me.” This single pleasantly surprised fans all around the world as the star hasn't dropped any new songs since her […]
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr. The latest film to hit theaters is “Dune.” As it turns out though, this film’s marketing is incredibly misleading, as the title of this epic science fiction adaptation is false. The movie is not called “Dune;" rather, the title that comes on screen once the […]
Photo courtesy of Dungeons & Dragons, wiki. “Dungeons and Dragons” has had somewhat of a renaissance in recent years. While this is due to many factors, one of the biggest contributing phenomena has been actual-play shows. Describing when a non-scripted, genuine game of “D&D” is played on stream, many shows […]
Photo courtesy of Jennifer French. Ramapo College’s theater department has been exclusively making virtual theater productions since the fall of 2020, and the school has not put on a live student production since March 2020. This is why “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” directed by Joe Kiely, is […]
Photo courtesy of John Bauld, flickr. Consumers are bombarded during the month of June with rainbow logos and pride commercials from just about every company under the sun. Netflix is not excluded from this group, and is also amongst the many that fail to follow these promotional pieces up with actual […]
Photo courtesy of David Lee, flickr. Japanese-American singer-songwriter Mitski abruptly broke her three-year hiatus with the single and music video for “Working for the Knife” on Oct. 5. The night before the drop she reactivated all social media accounts, returning to the music scene in full force. The 31-year-old musician graduated […]
Photo courtesy of Gordon Correll, flickr. Netflix has been on a roll lately with a series of hit shows with excellent multi-season potential. Among these is the 2018 series “You,” in which an obsessive bookstore employee, Joe Goldberg, stalks women he believes to be his ideal love interest and commits […]
Photo courtesy of Susanne Erler, Flickr. Throughout Daniel Craig’s run as James Bond, he has had both memorable highs and disappointing lows. As such, his final go-around as the super-spy in “No Time to Die” had the odds against it. Not only were people hoping it would be up to […]
Photo courtesy of Dick Thomas Johnson, wiki. Trigger Warning: The following article contains mentions of rape. If somebody told me a few years ago that Matt Damon and Ben Affleck would join forces to write a movie together again, I would never guess that the result of that screenwriting […]
