All Eyes on Riz Ahmed, Anthony Hopkins, Female Directors by Liam O’Hara ’21 A&E Staff On April 25, the 93rd Academy Awards (The Oscars) will be honoring the best films of 2020 and 2021. These awards not only recognize the actors, actresses, and directors of films, but also a film’s music, screenplay, and visual effects. […]
Exposing the Perverted College Admissions Scandal by Dave Argento ’21 A&E Staff Providence students are not likely to hold fond memories surrounding the standardized testing and application process that haunts most high school juniors in the United States. Beyond the pressures of future career prospects and connections being influenced by colleges attended, parental expectations have […]
Taylor Swift Calls out Popular Netflix Show by Nikki Idelson ’22 A&E Staff For anyone who has been on Netflix recently, the new television show Ginny and Georgia has been all the rage. It was released on Netflix on Feb. 24, and fans have been dying for a second season ever since. The show centers […]
Production of New Avatar Content by Original Creators by Dave Argento ’21 A&E Staff After 16 years since the premiere of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and six years since the finale of The Legend of Korra, Nickelodeon’s February 2021 announcement of Avatar Studios has reinvigorated excitement surrounding what content the highly popular animated world will […]
A Close Look at a Timely, Feminist Coming-of-Age Story by Nikki Idelson ’22 A&E Staff In a society that continues to be dominated by white men, female success in film is often overlooked. However, in the past decade, women have started to gain recognition for their accomplishments. Hopefully one day, society will reach a point […]
While Chloé Zhao Makes History as Best Director by Grace Whitman ’22 A&E Staff Tina Fey and Amy Poehler kicked off the 78th Golden Globes from opposite coasts on Feb. 28. The hosts used their opening monologue to bring to light the lack of diversity in the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which picks the nominees […]
The Smallest Are Sometimes the Most Resilient by Sara Conway ’21 A&E Co-Editor *Warning: this article mentions rape. What is family? Minari, directed by Korean-American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung and released this past February, and Forget Me Not, directed by Korean-Danish documentarian Sun Hee Engelstoft and released in March 2019, seek their own answers to […]
Wanda’s Story Comes to Light in New Disney+ Show by Madison Palmieri ’22 A&E Co-Editor First announced in April 2019, Marvel fans have long waited for the premiere of the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s first original series, WandaVision. The show began filming in November 2019 but was forced to halt production in March 2020 due to […]
The Tumultuous History Leading Up to the New Release by Dave Argento ’21 A&E Staff Fans of the DC Comics cinematic universe were likely thrilled to see the official trailer for Zack Snyder’s Justice League posted on Feb. 14. The storied title is set to be made available to HBO Max subscribers on March 18 […]
Framing Britney Spears Sparks Outrage for the Star by Nikki Idelson ’22 A&E Staff Pop icon Britney Spears has been making headlines since the release of the new documentary Framing Britney Spears, made by the New York Times. Released on Feb. 5, the documentary gave viewers a glimpse into the darker parts of Spears’ life […]