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The Strand reviews The Two Popes
“Don’t stop, keep moving. Don’t stop, keep moving,” echoes a robotic voice. Emanating from Pope Benedict XVI’s (Anthony Hopkins) fitness watch, this voice serves as a stark reminder that the Pope cannot evade notifications to meet his daily step count, and perhaps more importantly, that he has made an inescapable ...
We’re thriving in 2020, bitches
Some tunes to start a new decade on a good note
Rosalía’s colonization of Latin music
When the lines of “Latina” are blurred
Lawrence of Arabia and Victoria University
The epic cinematic story behind the bust of Colonel Lawrence at Victoria University
Cozy winter playlist
It’s winter, whether you like it or not!
The Strand reviews 2019
Hadiyyah Kuma, Features Editor Best movie of the year? Parasite Relevant take on capitalism and how much it screws over EVERYONE. Incredible directing, acting, everything. Original and full of nuance. Time for a revolution, amirite? (I’m right) Best album of the year? Magdalene by FKA Twigs Magdalene is a tender, dream-like, holy take on ...
A review of Cats
MEOW MEOW MEOW (3/3 meows, a rejoiceful scarf flick, a puff of smoke)
In defense of Twilight
It’s not that bad, you’re just misogynistic
The Strand’s best of the decade
Hadiyyah Kuma, Features Editor Best song of the decade? “i” by Kendrick Lamar (2014) So torn because there were six other Kendrick songs I could’ve chosen (Alright, How Much A Dollar Cost, HUMBLE, and Bitch Don’t Kill My Vibe were close), but “i” is truly a victory. Besides being a jam, it’s an exclamation of power, reclamation, and resistance. Best album ...
The unpopularity of “Popular Film”
In August of 2018, controversy arose surrounding the announcement that an award for “Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film” would be given out at the 2019 Academy Awards. Although the “Popular Film” Oscar did not live long enough to be awarded, backlash from academy members, journalists, and moviegoers alike caused the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to pull the category less than ...