Category: Arts & Entertainment

One Battle After Another

Another Paul Thomas Anderson Masterpiece Paul Thomas Anderson’s newest film, One Battle After Another, was touted by critics to be one of the defining films of this generation and given top-tier reviews across the media. The trailers released were vague, likely an intentional move by Anderson. Going into the theatre, I knew I would hold […]

Flagg Taylor ’27

(500) Days of Summer: A Classic Movie Review

Disclaimer: Spoilers Ahead (500) Days of Summer (2009) is one of my favorite films I’ve seen. Even from the first moments, where the director’s disclaimer about Jenny Beckman, presumably a woman who broke his heart, is superimposed over a black screen, I was hooked. The movie follows the lives of Tom Hansen and Summer Finn […]

Sophia Caneira ’29

Season Premiere Spotlight: Dancing with the Stars

Amidst the chaos going on with ABC, Dancing with the Stars has begun its 34th season.  DWTS is a reality competition that pairs celebrities and professional dancers. Each week, the couples perform a ballroom dance in front of judges, getting votes from both the judges and the fans watching from home. Once all the votes […]

Reese Cassidy ’28

The Sun Sets on Sundance: Goodnight To Robert Redford

To many, there was always a certain glow to movies from the previous century. Maybe it was the way the film met the light while capturing the action, allowing a fabulous fuzz to appear on our screens nearly 50 years later. Audiences could go to theaters to see dreams captured on celluloid and movies where […]

Ian Gualtiere ’27

Succession: The Latest Great Television Show

In 1999, when HBO released the first episode of The Sopranos, the standard for television shows changed. The Sopranos followed the life of Tony Soprano, a sociopathic mob boss who had to balance the drama of his biological family and his organized crime family. This show kick-started the Golden Age of television shows, which we […]

Andrew Katz ’26

Man’s Best Friend

The Album That Defines Pop in 2025 When the cover of Sabrina Carpenter’s seventh album, Man’s Best Friend, surfaced online, it quickly sparked debate. The imagery drew strong reactions and garnered conversations about gender and power. Instead of letting the controversy overshadow her work, Carpenter transformed the backlash into buzz. Beyond the controversy, Man’s Best […]

Mia Gasbarro ’26

Living Forever: An Oasis Summer

The world was introduced to the Gallagher brothers in April 1994. Their band, Oasis, had just released “Supersonic,” a single that would define British music for the next decade. A string of hit singles, EPs, and albums would propel the Manchester band into the stratosphere. Helmed by creative lyricist and deadpan older brother, Noel, and […]

Ian Gualtiere ’27

Mommy Dear and Meanest

Why Netflix’s Unknown Number Documentary was Bad On Aug. 29, Netflix released a new documentary that was guaranteed to get buzz because of its sheer evil. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish centers around teenager Lauryn and her ex-high school boyfriend Owen, and how their lives were forever changed due to the digital harassment and […]

Sydney King ’26

Avatar: The Last Airbender

Nostalgia Done Right Coming back to Providence College after this summer, I was reminded of the summer of 2020. Perhaps not as fresh to many people anymore—maybe even purposefully forgotten, due to the COVID-19 pandemic—but nonetheless, it’s a time that has stuck with us for reasons we probably did not see at the time. I […]

Thomas Marinelli ’26

Fall Festival in North Providence

Fall in New England is one of the beautiful times of the year and the best season in the region according to many. It provides the perfect weather to enjoy time outside and take in the atmospheric scenery. Providence has many fall festivals that offer seasonal fun and hosts events from Oktoberfest to the Jack-O-Lantern […]

Janet Newman ’27