CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The golden faucet: broken by design

By Ben Brutocao | October 23, 2019

The SWAT van parks and eight burly agents file out in silence.

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CULTURE  |  MOVIES

‘Downton Abbey’ film revival is more of the same

By Ellenor Brown | October 20, 2019

The film-length revival of the hit TV series capitalizes upon what audiences know and love about the show while taking minimal risks to bring something moderately new to the table.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Coping strategies for music mourners

By Amelia Wiercioch | October 19, 2019

The deaths of music greats can bring about a serious sense of grief for someone you probably only know about as much as Rolling Stone will divulge.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

The viral ‘Untitled Goose Game’ is delightfully morally ambiguous

By Jonathan Pertile | October 18, 2019

The game is an effective outlet for us to vent our daily frustrations wrought by a world that restricts us from wreaking total havoc.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Big Thief’s ‘Two Hands’ leaves no distance between the band and its audience

By Aaron Paskin | October 18, 2019

Earlier this year, Big Thief transported us to the lush mountain greenery of rural Washington. 

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CULTURE  |  MOVIES

What we learned from the fall film festival circuit

By Megan Liu | October 17, 2019

It’s that time of the year again: the red carpets are being rolled out and the celebrities are being suited up.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

'Fairview' and tackling the white gaze

By Hannah Miao | October 17, 2019

When I walked into Theater for a New Audience at Polonsky Shakespeare Center this past summer, I couldn’t help but wonder what “new audience” it was referring to.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

New at Wellness Center: Group therapy sessions for former pre-meds

By Omolola Sanusi | October 13, 2019

Are you or a loved one a former or current pre-medical student at Duke University? This new program may be right for you.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Avett Brothers’ ‘Closer Than Together’ is interesting but forgettable

By Jonathan Pertile | October 11, 2019

The Avett Brothers’ new album, “Closer Than Together,” is a musical roller coaster of ups and downs.

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CULTURE  |  TV

‘Fleabag’ is inappropriate, agonizing and magnificent

By Megan Liu | October 10, 2019

Several weeks ago, I made the glorious choice to show my friend the very first episode of “Fleabag,” the British comedy-drama written by and starring Phoebe Waller-Bridge as the eponymous Fleabag.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

How Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’ became a fall classic

By Jonathan Pertile | October 4, 2019

As fall sets in across the United States, a peculiar tradition begins among one of the nation’s most rabid fanbases.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Big Apple’s B.I.G vacuum: How New York is reviving rap after its ‘90s heyday

By Ben Brutocao | October 4, 2019

Surely a city as prominent as New York would have made a full musical recovery by now and is once again dictating the sounds and styles of the whole game. Right?

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

The Machiavellian militancy of Playboi Carti

By Ben Brutocao | September 28, 2019

As he lounges in his throne room atop Mount Olympus being fed molly-coated grapes, Jordan Carter — the figurehead of Playboi Carti — reflects.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

Dating advice for immigrant women who were forbidden to date until age 22

By Omolola Sanusi | September 27, 2019

So you’re a young immigrant woman. Young, because if you’re anything older, you’re just an ageless, bitter, unmarried aunty who is forever condemned to condemn younger women for not being married yet.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

On the decay of punk rock and Blink-182’s final album ‘Nine’

By Skyler Graham | September 26, 2019

Anti-establishment music has defined Western teenage culture for decades: From rock & roll to punk rock to hip-hop, the voices of youthful rebellion consistently dominate the music industry.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE POP CULTURE

Trick mirrors, orchid crowns and jawlines: The art of the scam

By Stephen Atkinson | September 26, 2019

It’s nearly impossible to engage in social media and not scam people with a narrow or blatantly false version of ourselves. 

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RECESS  |  CULTURE

What does grief look like?

By Sydny Long | September 26, 2019

The agony of losing a loved one is at once one of the most universal of human experiences and one of the hardest to concretely define.

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RECESS  |  CULTURE POP CULTURE

Moviepass is a case study in how not to run a subscription-based business

By Derek Chen | September 24, 2019

With incredible consumer interest and faith from numerous investors, MoviePass seemed poised to become the Netflix for movies and disrupt the market.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

(Sandy) Alex G’s ‘House of Sugar’ is an album on the run

By Anya Dombrovskaya | September 22, 2019

Can something be gentle and apocalyptic at the same time? (Sandy) Alex G’s latest album, “House of Sugar,” manages to be exactly that.

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CULTURE  |  MUSIC

Third time is not the charm on The Lumineers’ ‘III’

By Andrew Witte | September 21, 2019

On their third album, cleverly titled “III,” The Lumineers continue their tradition of storytelling on a much more ambitious, personal scale.