There is a very specific feeling Katie Dippold has been chasing her whole career. She traces it back to a haunted house on the Long Branch boardwalk in New Jersey—one she was far too young to be inside. She remembers screaming. She remembers laughing so hard she could barely breathe. She remembers those two things happening at exactly the same time.

There was a brief, glorious window, roughly 1995 to 2004, when Hollywood decided the Middle Ages didn’t need to be grim. No mud-caked realism, no muted colour palettes, no dragons brooding in the rain. Instead we got glitter eyeshadow under coronets, jousting tournaments soundtracked by classic rock, and castles that looked like they’d been decorated by a teenager with a Claire’s Accessories card.

Kane Parsons' Backrooms is undeniably impressive. It satisfies that craving for nostalgic dread that got my friends and I hooked on the movie and the lore in the first place. What once only existed on our computer screens was finally recreated on the big screen. And there's no arguing it. Parsons, indeed, has displayed a commendable talent in manipulating atmosphere for a first-time feature director. Unfortunately, atmosphere can only carry a film so far before it gets dragge

hey, bunny! let’s sulk in sad girl MFA vibes for a bit together. i promise i won’t waste your time. you wanna know what i think? one of the most challenging aspects of writing to achieve as a fiction author is the ability to immerse readers in your novel’s world. but mona awad has proven time and time again that she excels at this. she did it with bunny, and she did it again with we love you, bunny: a prequel‑sequel hybrid that’s equal parts eerie and magnetic.

I’d cry if my mam took me to a new after-school activity, or if I had to start at a new school where I knew no one. I was often the quietest kid in the classroom; everyone said that I was shy. I feel that many people can relate to this: not wanting to talk to strangers and not wanting to embarrass oneself.

“I don’t fw any of it but sometimes it’s better to just not pay attention to it lowk.” Reads the text I received from a longtime friend yesterday afternoon. “Like i have the privilege of being able to not pay attention lol,” he writes, “so i will use it.” (In reference to Nazis taking control of one of the world's most dominant superpowers.) In freshman year, I experienced loss for the first time. In the same month I read “1984” and “Brave New World” and became a radical sup

Theatre is, of course, an audible art-form. Emotions, emphasis and atmosphere are all impacted by actors delivery and the use of music. And as one of our senses, it is only natural that directors and actors should wish to use sound in order to convey theatrical meaning. That is why a complete removal of sound (or the use of a language you can hear) can be such a drastic and striking change to make to a production. And yet this is also something that The Globe Theatre in Londo

The Cold War cleaved the world in two – separating the Capitalist West from the Communist East (to generalise) and ultimately leading to a further destabilisation of geopolitics in the post-war period. As always, it was everyday civilians that suffered the consequences of politician’s mass power and control. Particularly beyond the Iron Curtain, where the KGB (Soviet secret police) and a large network of spies that kept the population wary of their neighbours, the oppression

The link between Romanticism and Punk Rock, while initially appearing non-existent, reveals itself when considering the fact that both movements have at their core a rejection of the status quo. Romanticism directly goes against Enlightenment and the idea of prioritising reason and science. instead, it places emphasis on human emotion and feelings , even if they cannot be explained. The punk movement of the 70s was also a form of rebellion - in particular against the social

Diary Entry - 6/21/24 It’s a Friday in June and I’m away at a summer camp. The word “camp” isn’t entirely accurate as I’m staying in a dorm on the eighth floor of a residence hall on the east side of campus, but the attitude and social environment may as well be equivalent. The area is humid, and therefore greener than I anticipated. The food is better than what I eat at home, and just a fifteen minute walk away is a small cafe-bookstore where framed pictures covering the wal