Look How Far We’ve Come, Providence College Quinn XCII Performs at PC’s 2022 Spring Concert By Grace Whitman ’22 Two years ago, the Providence College student body was excited to return to campus after spring break to see Two Friends and Matoma perform at Spring Concert 2020, but the world had other plans. Yet throughout […]
The Staying Power of Superpowers Douglas Wolk’s All of the Marvels Madison Palmieri ’22 For those uninitiated into the world of Marvel, it may seem rather daunting. With over 27,000 comics, 60 films, and 100 television shows—which feature multiple versions of the same characters, often in seemingly contradictory situations—it can be hard for a prospective […]
Inventing the Real Anna The Hit Netflix Show and the Fascinating Story Behind It Riley Coyne ’24 Anna Delvey—or, rather, Anna Sorokin—conned Wall Street businessmen, New York socialites, and billionaires, stealing their hearts as well as their money. She tricked the wealthiest of the wealthy into thinking that she was one of them, when in […]
TV Review: The Girl From Plainville A Small Screen Adaptation of a Case That Gripped the Nation Grace O’Connor ’22 Trigger Warning: This article contains mention of suicide. The Girl from Plainville, starring Elle Fanning, adapts a case that gripped the nation to the small screen. The true, tragic story behind the show began on […]
Beasts, Beasts, and More Beasts Film Review: Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore By Abigail Levasseur ’24 It’s no secret that Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore has been ranked number one internationally for three consecutive weekends. The film is the third installment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise, with Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find […]
Magic and Madness in Marvel’s Multiverse Film Preview: Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness Olivia Riportella ’25 After a long six years of waiting for a sequel to 2016’s Doctor Strange, to Marvel fans’ excitement, Benedict Cumberbatch will finally return to the big screen as the titular character in a second standalone film. Brought […]
Where the Crawdads Sing Controversy Taylor Swift Unfairly Criticized for Involvement in Film Adaptation By Grace O’Connor ’22 Many readers have been anxiously awaiting the release of the film Where the Crawdads Sing, which is based on the New York Times best-selling novel of the same name. The book centers on a woman named Kya […]
A Potentially Massive Win for Small Victories An Interview with Alex Norocea By Jack Downey ’23 In two weeks, Small Victories, a Providence-based booking agency, is hosting their biggest event of the year, Small Victories Spring Week, or SVSW. It is sure to be one of the most legendary musical events the Rhode Island area […]
Book Review: Soft Apocalypse What If the World Ends Not With a Bang, But a Whimper? Madison Palmieri ’22 The word apocalypse typically has connotations of violent, fiery chaos that erupts all at once, wreaking havoc on a modern world and forcing its inhabitants into a new, alien reality. Indeed, this is the basic premise […]
A Course in Girlbossing and Curious George Six Gents Delights With Another Hilarious Show By Grace Whitman ’22 After postponing their Thursday, March 30 show, Six Gents was back and better than ever on Monday, April 11. Given that the group also moved the show from its typical 11 p.m.. start, to an hour earlier […]