Written by: Krista Mitchell   As a fan of classic rock and other bygone music eras, I used to be quick to write off modern music as simply not as complex, meaningful, and beautiful as the music that came before it. In the past few years, however, I’ve discovered several…

Written by: Chloe Goodin   When I first finished watching Manadrome (2023), I was slightly concerned. First, because I had just finished a dream-like thriller that displays the mind of a fragile young man escaping fatherhood by turning to an all male cult of celibacy, and second, because my father,…

Written by: Alexus Lowe I’ve been working at an ice cream shop for roughly two years now. When I first started the fall of my freshman year, I remember being constantly asked by customers: “When are you guys going to start back selling cakes?”. The answer at the time was…

Written By: Veronica Borowski     “The Peasants” also known as Chłopi in the original Polish language, is a 2023 film based on the polish novel by the same title (Chłopi) written by Władysław Reymont. The movie consists of at least 40,000 handmade oil paintings, and they accomplished that by…

Written By: Nick Krzykowski     No one likes feeling lost.   You might be power-walking back to a movie theater after finally making that concession run. Or avoiding book spoilers like, well, not exactly like the plague, but close enough. Either way, one thing is clear: we want to…

Written By: Rylee Thomas   Howl’s Moving Castle is the story of a girl named Sophie who is transformed into an old woman by an evil witch. And it’s the best thing that could have ever happened to her.   I love Studio Ghibli, and their film version of Howl’s…

Written by: Madison Bigelow There’s nothing more that I love than a novel about nothing. Genuinely.    While I continue to be amazed by the craftsmanship and utter genius required to successfully build a whole new world in a fantasy novel, 9 times out of 10 I will choose a…

Written by: Sofia Tas-Castro Image from A Bookish Blog If you’re unaware of BookTok and some of its latest trends, the platform, otherwise deemed as the side of TikTok that discusses all things books, has taken a liking to books labeled as “Romantasy”. Typically meant for readers over the age…