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Pete’s Film Journal: Oscar Fever by Peter Sarsfield

I always tune in for Oscars night, struggling through a Jimmy Kimmel monologue as I wait for the awards to be given out. Sometimes I miss the red carpet coverage too, but who cares when Teen Vogue will post everything anyway! This year will be no different; Kimmel will gab away with flimsy humor and make some more jokes about how much Matt Damon sucks.  Nevertheless, I’ll be watching and […]

todayFebruary 25, 2024 3

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Your Favorite Songs Left TikTok by Reilly Caldwell

On Wednesday, Universal Music Group removed their catalog of songs from TikTok. Billions of videos across the platform are now silent, and users no longer have the ability to use a majority of popular songs in their TikToks.     What happened?  TikTok and UMG were not able to agree upon a new licensing agreement between the publishing company’s artists and the social media app. The previous agreement expired January 31st, […]

todayFebruary 1, 2024 21

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Pete’s Film Journal: The Best Movies of 2023 by Peter Sarsfield

It was an amazing year for moviegoing. Repetitive comic book movies are finally lagging, making way for a variety of more exciting films. This year included powerful works that questioned the moral (and occasionally amoral) mainstream of audience interaction and consumption of new media. The Barbenheimer phenomenon was a special experience that will likely never be repeated (even though Oppenheimer will win Best Picture.) With the impossible task of seeing […]

todayJanuary 11, 2024 1

Blogs

Winter Cinema Recs: Little Women to French New Wave Classics by Peter Sarsfield

With winter break approaching, there’s never a better time to relax and watch a movie. Temperatures may continue to drop, but the comfort of being indoors provides the perfect anecdote to the cold. Here are a few great winter films when finally free from assignments:   Little Women (2019) Greta Gerwig has had an insane year with the success of Barbie. Her take on the classic novel by Louisa May […]

todayDecember 7, 2023 3

Blogs

Pete’s Film Journal: All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt, Fall Roundup

All Dirt Roads Taste of Salt A newborn baby is told of her creation from dirt and water. She cannot react to such words just yet. However, she will come to understand that the change within herself and around her is no different than rain’s plummet into the soil.  Raven Jackson’s first feature film is a poetic rising of memory bridging together decades of the life of Mack, a woman […]

todayNovember 16, 2023 10

Sports

Angry Takes by Aiden Rutman: My Top 10 

The other day, my brother reached out to me for help on a college supplemental essay. It was an application for Wake Forest, and the question simply asked him for his “Top 10.” It didn’t specify what, leaving the question as open-ended as possible. We had a friend who had previously done her top 10 song lyrics of all time, but I advised him to get a little more creative […]

todayNovember 13, 2023 3

Artist Interviews and Concert Reviews

An Inside Look at Ms. Worldwide by Reilly Caldwell

On November 10th, The Music Room will host Ms. Worldwide, a house show that highlights underrepresented voices in Nashville. I had the privilege to sit down with performers Jyoti Laverack and Soumya Vytla who gave me the inside scoop about the upcoming show.  Jyoti Laverack - @jyotiigl on Instagram As a member of The Music Room, Jyoti has been hoping to organize an event like Ms. Worldwide for years. She […]

todayNovember 8, 2023 3

Blogs

The Handling of the WTA Finals Has Exposed Steve Simon by Adain Luckadue

Anyone who knows me knows that I am an avid tennis fan. I play it, I watch it, I discuss it. Anyone who knows me even better knows that I have a very, very strong preference for women’s tennis. I almost never watch men’s tennis, for a variety of reasons. I find men’s tennis to be boring; if I wanted to watch a 50-ball rally that ends with an unforced […]

todayNovember 5, 2023 1

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