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Pete’s Film Journal: Vandy Students’ Free Streaming Access by Peter Sarsfield

Early in the pandemic, I watched the 1967 classic Cool Hand Luke on the extremely new platform, HBO Max. The story, along with Paul Newman’s performance, captivated me. I recognized a famous line that my father quoted for years but never knew where it was from: “What we’ve got here is failure to communicate.” After that, I watched Phantom Thread and Barry Lyndon, two movies still among my favorites a […]

todayOctober 30, 2023 5

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Pete’s Film Journal: Performance in ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ by Peter Sarsfield

David Grann’s bestselling book, Killers of the Flower Moon, is a fast-paced investigation of the murders of Osage Native Americans in the 1920s. Scorsese’s new film is a faithful adaptation that expands its scope through an intimate portrayal of its main characters, Ernest and Mollie Burkhart. It is just as fast-paced as the book, and the over 200-minute runtime is not a hindrance.  The plot revolves around the “Reign of […]

todayOctober 23, 2023 7

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Angry Takes by Aiden Rutman: What’s wrong with the Buffalo Bills?

The Buffalo Bills will always share some sort of special connection with VandyRadio for me. For the entire first semester of my show – and you can ask my co-host Owen – I was about as bullish on the Bills as one could be. I was all in on them winning the 2022 Super Bowl from October of 2021 onwards. Looking back at it, I can say that 17-year-old me […]

todayOctober 23, 2023 8

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Claire Rosinkranz’s Debut Album ‘Just Because’ Makes Me Feel Like I’m 16 Again by Reilly Caldwell

https://open.spotify.com/album/2ArWkmluhZLOmbwCfyKurF?si=XwMJwDNTSySTh0Cg8gaLMQ You probably know “Backyard Boy” by Claire Rosinkranz, the viral indie pop song that made its way to every corner of TikTok and has been used as a sound on the app more than one million times. However, you might not know Rosinkranz recently released her debut album Just Because that features 13 new tracks.  Her songs “Frankenstein” and “i’m too pretty for this” were two of my songs […]

todayOctober 17, 2023 10

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Pete’s Film Journal: Stop Making Sense, Terence Davies, Recs by Peter Sarsfield

Note from the writer My hope for this blog is to humbly encourage and expose readers to movies they might otherwise not seek out while celebrating other well-known works, keeping them up to date with Nashville film happenings.   Stop Making Sense The new restoration of the Talking Heads concert film Stop Making Sense brings the band that disbanded over thirty years ago back to theaters. Currently showing at the […]

todayOctober 11, 2023 8

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Angry Takes by Aiden Rutman: The Return of the NBA

The NBA is officially back. Well, sort of. The NBA preseason began this weekend as the regular season, which tips off two weeks from today on October 24, is rapidly approaching. Let’s talk about it. You might be asking yourself: “Gee, Aiden. Why are you switching sports? The NFL season is in full swing?” To this, I have a few things to say. My team is 1-4 and hasn’t scored […]

todayOctober 10, 2023

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Angry Takes by Aiden Rutman: How I fell in love with baseball 

How can you not be romantic about baseball? I know it might be a corny question to ask, seeing as it is used all the time whenever anything slightly emotional happens in the sport. The line, while its definitive origin is unknown, was made popular in the 2011 hit film Moneyball. Brad Pitt – playing legendary general manager Billy Beane – poses the question to his assistant GM during a […]

todaySeptember 29, 2023 2

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