Juliana George, deputy lifestyle editor
• April 20, 2022
Comedy, romance, sci-fi, kung fu. With so many diverse elements, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert’s genre-defying masterpiece “Everything Everywhere All at Once” undoubtedly delivers on its titular promise.
The film opens on a chaotic day in the life of Evelyn Wang...
Netflix’s “Inventing Anna,” released Feb. 11, is the latest docuseries put out by the platform, offering viewers a look into the dramatic and often messy lives of a female con artist and the women surrounding her.
The show is loosely based on the story of Anna Sorokin,...
Warner Bros.’ newest film, “Moonshot,” takes the romantic comedy genre into orbit.
“Moonshot” takes place twenty years in the future, where a newly terraformed Mars is a beacon of hope for those left on a polluted Earth. Walt (Cole Sprouse), an adventure-seeking...
Multidisciplinary and Ethiopian American artist Helina Metaferia pays homage to ancestry and Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) women activists, in her exhibition, “Generations” at the Museum of Fine Arts.
The exhibition, rich with meaning about the strength...
“The Batman” is a feat of filmmaking that manages to find something new in the tried-and-true superhero saga.
After over 80 years of the caped crusader, Warner Bros.’ newest adaptation pits Batman against the villainous Riddler, who leaves a trail of sadistic clues for...
“I guess this is the end/ I’ll have to learn/ To be somebody else,” Mitski Miyawaki sings mournfully in “I Guess,” the penultimate track on her latest album “Laurel Hell.” The album, which was released Feb. 4, is speculated by many fans to be the final gift of...
“You think your life is hard? I’m a high school junior wearing size 13 Nikes. Men’s size 13 Nikes. Beat that,” says Jodi, the protagonist of Netflix’s “Tall Girl.”
Jodi’s predicament is not uncommon. Struggling with body image is extremely familiar to most...
Karissa Korman, deputy lifestyle editor
• February 7, 2022
Hollywood newcomer Alana Haim is the saving grace of acclaimed director Paul Thomas Anderson’s much-anticipated “Licorice Pizza,” which premiered in theatres Dec. 25. As Hollywood braces itself for the Academy Awards in March, Haim will be the talent that takes “Licorice...
In 2018, just two years shy of the real-life pandemic, Ling Ma published her debut novel “Severance,” which follows cynical protagonist Candace Chen on her survival journey after a fictitious disease called Shen Fever sweeps the globe. Spoilers ahead.
Shen Fever has eerie...
Karissa Korman, deputy lifestyle editor
• January 4, 2022
The third and final act of Marvel Studios’ web-slinging superhero series, “Spider-Man: No Way Home” is the picture of Marvel at its best.
Fresh off Disney and Sony Pictures’ custody battle over the character in 2019, Spider-Man swung back into theaters Dec. 17 with...
Karissa Korman, deputy lifestyle editor
• December 17, 2021
Content warning: Discussion of suicide, self-harm and eating disorders.
“Spencer” is a fraught 1990s family Christmas film, a love story of maternal devotion, a ghost story set in haunted houses and a prisoner of war drama all before it is a biopic of the late “people’s...
“A Christmas Story: The Musical” is an earnest and fanciful adaptation of the 1983 film of the same name that's sure to put anyone, even a college student in the midst of finals, into the holiday spirit. The national tour of the show, with music by the same songwriting team...
