Risha Chada | Staff Writer It’s a sink or swim world. Or, at least, that’s how freshman year felt. Going from middle school, the peak time for coddling and complete unpreparedness for the real world, to high school, where you’re told colleges look at everything, is a huge transition, and one that I, as well as many others, were completely […]
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Review by: Raghav Raj Directed by: Lee Isaac Chung Rating: 9/10 Right from the very beginning, Minari feels utterly, unmistakably entrancing. It is shot in warm, gentle hues by cinematographer Lachlan Milne, who fills the screen with these muted oranges, lush greens, and rich, earthy browns. These colors are met with woozy, contemplative scoring from Emile Mosseri, whose strings and […]
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Review by: Rachel Cai Artist: Julien Baker Rating: 8.5/10 Julien Baker’s Little Oblivions, is a heart-wrenching chronicle of substance abuse, her struggle with faith, and her path to recovery. Her third solo album — and her first project since 2018’s collaborative Boygenius EP — is a self-produced, multi-instrumental affair, one where most of the performances are by Baker herself. Most […]
Read moreIt was only recently the Duchess of Sussex opened up about her mental health struggles in an interview with Oprah. This interview was the first the Sussexes had given since officially breaking away from their royal duties last year. Meghan Markle opened up to contemplating thoughts of suicide and self-harm – a comment which continued to introduce further concern and […]
Read moreRaghav Raj | Staff Writer Look, I’ll begin this column with an admission — no, wait — a conclusion that I’ve been trying to avoid, ignore, deny, or just flat out bury (for context, it is currently 5:23 AM, my eyes are red, and I have just downed my second can of lime La Croix): I have absolutely no idea […]
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Review by: Scott Reckers Director: Matt Shakman Rating: 8/10 WandaVision, directed by Matt Shakman, is the first Marvel Cinematic Universe show on Disney+, and six episodes through, it’s a perplexing watch to say the least. Wanda Maximoff, AKA Scarlet Witch (played by Elizabeth Olsen), and Vision (Paul Bettany) are a couple of newlyweds and have just moved to a new […]
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Review by: Raghav Raj Director: Sam Levinson Rating: 2/10 The first thing you notice about Malcolm & Marie, the latest project from Sam Levinson (creator of the hit HBO show Euphoria), is how sumptuous it looks. The 35-mm black-and-white film it’s shot on offers a certain grain to the visual imagery of its spacious beach house setting, playing up the […]
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Raghav Raj | Staff Writer SOPHIE, who tragically passed away at the age of 34 on January 30 while climbing a rooftop in Athens, Greece to get a better look at the moon, was not just simply one of the greatest musical innovators of the 21st century, terraforming the landscape of pop music into something new. No, SOPHIE — who […]
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Della Johnson | Staff Writer As the world becomes more cognisant of the severe importance of mental health, it’s probably best that everyone issues a formal apology to Britney Spears. Sprouting into massive fame at only age 17, Spears seemed to have all media attention set upon her. She became a symbol of pop culture and current trends–and, as a […]
Read moreMeghan Dincler | Online Editor 5 Seconds of Summer. One Direction. BTS. Talented, famous boy bands, ridiculed for having a fanbase of largely teenage girls. Why is it that we, as a society, have such a disdain for content with a primarily young female audience? You hear all the time that this kind of music is mindless; “bubblegum pop,” if […]
Read moreWhile the days of sensationalized celebrity gossip coming from tabloid magazines circa 2006 are pretty much gone, a sleeker, faster information machine has taken its place. But the accessibility and speed of the internet are not upgrades in this case — they are unethical and dangerous and promote a toxic culture of idolizing celebrities, wanting to know every detail of […]
Read moreShravani Page | Staff Writer I don’t hate Valentine’s Day. The hopeless romantic in myself loves it. A day where you have the opportunity to express love toward someone. A day full of chocolates, candlelight dinners, and heart-shaped everything. My romanticization of this day has stuck with me for a while. I was somewhat of a “social butterfly” my sophomore […]
Read moreRaghav Raj | Staff Writer On February 13, just over a month after violent right-wing insurrectionists stormed the Capitol building, the second impeachment of former President Donald J. Trump came to an unceremonious, all-too-predictable end. Though a majority of the Senate — by a 57-43 vote — voted for Trump’s conviction, there weren’t enough votes to reach the supermajority needed […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Designer The editorial cartoon from The Chronicle published on February 18, 2021. aguo.chronicle@gmail.com
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Review by: Della Johnson Artist: Haley Williams Rating: 8.5/10 Hayley Williams, of the alternative rock band Paramore, purveys a vulnerable and gentle side to heartbreak in her album FLOWERS for VASES / descansos, surprise-released on February 5. She longs for past lovers, opening up about her insecurity with the question, “I wonder how you view me?” in the vocalization-riddled “HYD”, […]
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Ally Guo | Staff Designer The editorial cartoon from The Chronicle published on January 22, 2021.
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Shravani Page | Staff Writer It’s a new year, which means New Year’s Resolutions are always bound to be made. I have made countless resolutions over the past few years, from endeavoring to change my body to look more “healthy” to always being there for my friends. And although both those sound like pretty reasonable goals, they were goals I […]
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By Raghav Raj (Staff Writer), Scott Reckers (Staff Writer), and Ann Vettikkal (News Editor) On the last day of 2020, it was announced that Daniel Dumile, better known as rapper MF DOOM, had passed away two months prior on Halloween. As mercurial in death as he was in life, DOOM was one of rap’s greatest enigmas, hiding his brilliant gift […]
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