Arts & Entertainment

Since the release of their self-titled debut in 2013, the British pop band, The 1975, have been labeled many things: groundbreaking, pretentious, original, sellouts, bland, iconic.All of these titles are warranted. Frontman Matty Healy has…

Unpopular opinion: “The Crimes of Grindelwald” was better than “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.” Now, before I get thrown to the wolves, let me explain myself. I really did enjoy the first movie in the “Fantastic…

“Circle” is easily one of the most pretentious films I’ve seen in some time. The film starts by throwing the audience into a black room that slowly lights up revealing the set that looks like it was put together by a college production.…

Upstate New York is often a place that one hears little about, unless you are a local, like myself. In June 2015, Upstate New York was a place that made national news, specifically Dannemora, New York. How did a small rural town of roughly…

The latest Jeremy Saulnier film, “Hold the Dark,” carries on with Saulnier’s affinity for deeply atmospheric and truly horrific violence that borders on the grotesque. His previous films have included the slow-burning revenge film “Blue…

Spring Awakening, the newest production by SLU's University Theatre, is a musical that depicts depression, domestic violence, suicide and sexual taboos. Despite being written in the 1890s, its messages are still extremely prevalent in our…

“Armed with the knowledge of our past, we can charter a course for our future. Only by knowing where we’ve been can we know where we are and look to where we want to go.” – Malcolm X. This quote sparked the Just Seeds project, Celebrate…

“As Above, So Below” is a child of the 2000’s found footage horror genre that became a thing after “The Blair Witch Project”—the latter, a far superior film. This modern take on the genre follows Perdita Weeks as Scarlett Marlowe as she…