Like much of the rest of the streaming-addicted world, I rushed to view my 2019 Spotify Wrapped minutes after it dropped, curious to see just how much I had moored myself to music this year. The results were, mostly, expected: Bon Iver was my top artist of the y...

Makeup is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world. With globalization and the age of technology, cosmetic companies have an endless array of options to create and mass-produce products with easier and faster ways than ever before. Despite makeup’s low...

Saturday Night Live has been a fixture of my life for a while now. In middle school, my friend would always show up on Monday mornings asking if I had seen the new episode of SNL on Saturday; together, we would chat about our favorite skits. I would watch them w...

The “Disney remake” is grounded in the premise that adapting an animated story in the live-action medium updates a story. The studio seems to believe that new technology is enough to “update” these films, which are often celebrated for their timelessness, for a...

Joaquin Phoenix in Joker.

On screen, a smiling man in clown make-up kicks up puddles into mist, the droplets sparkling in the sunlight with Gary Glitter’s “Rock & Roll Part 2” playing in the background. The idea of forceful rebellion is raised by the pairing of r...

 Fleabag's Phoebe Waller-Bridge.

When an awards show manages to pick a few deserved winners, yet still manages to underwhelm, that ceremony is fundamentally flawed. The Emmy Awards find themselves in this very position. The Television Academy’s yearly awards show...

As we enter October, we once again enter the season of pumpkin patches, costumes, candy corn, and, of course, horror movies. That’s right, it’s that time of year when we cram onto couches with our closest friends and watch—through our fingers—the creepiest movie...

Earthgang and Outkast.

Back in March, we featured Earthgang’s album Mirrorland in our Indy Suggests section. The album finally dropped a couple weeks ago (apologies for saying it would drop “soon” in March…), and as predicted, it is a really impressive album. It...

Batman Begins alternative poster.

I recently had the pleasure of watching Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins … twice. This was in celebration of Netflix’s decision to restore the movie and its follow up, the renowned The Dark Knight, to its streaming library. It w...

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Over a matte maroon placard, and then a mustard yellow one, Evan Puschak, YouTube video essayist and Forbes-approved millennial creative, exhales an introductory sigh and reads a Vincen...