David Lowery’s Mother Mary is all ambition, little payoff
By Staff Writer Kayla Li In David Lowery’s Mother Mary, he teaches that to be made visible is not the same as being seen. The…
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Bruno Mars The Romantic Review: production shines, innovation falls short
By Staff Writer Prisha Virmani Bruno Mars returns with The Romantic, his fourth solo album and first solo project since 24K Magic nearly a decade…
Isolation in Mitski’s New March 2 Indie-Rock Album Nothing’s About to Happen to Me
By Staff Writer Erika Liu The work of indie singer-songwriter Mitski has always been characterized by a certain tranquil misery. Her gloomy and intimate lyricism,…
BTS sets sail a new era with ARIRANG
By Staff Writer Fiona Yang Embellished with eye-catching red, white, and black colors, the BTS world tour announcement poster posted by BIGHIT MUSIC in January…
Death in the Business of Whaling redefines the structure of human survival and healing
By A&E Editor Navya Chitlur Through resounding and melancholic ballads, emotional vulnerability, depression and grief shine through indie-folk artist Searows’ new album Death in the…
AexOp: Paramount acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery sparks debate over creative freedom
By Staff Writers Dhaeshna Booma, Cecilia Cheng & Warren Su In the gleaming offices of Paramount’s Los Angeles headquarters, executives celebrated their victory over Netflix…
Princess Hours is sincerely, embarrassingly good
By Staff Writer Kayla Li The DVD skipped sometimes. I was four years old, lying on the cold marble floor of my grandmother’s house in…
Wuthering Heights, a withering catastrophe
By Staff Writer Kanupriya Goyal Before the wind ever howls across the Yorkshire moors, director Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights has already mistaken a tempest for…
28th San Francisco Independent Film Festival screens at the Roxie Theater
By Felicity He & Finnegan McCarthy A metal girl band stuck in a desert with a cannibal cult, a spliced-together anthology of ordinary lives in Los…
Iron Lung Finds Humanity in a Dying Universe
By Staff Writer Eleanor Chen Stars have disappeared. Planets, along with the humans once inhabiting them, are gone. No one has no trace or knowledge…