Celebrating Black Artists: Part One
The recent killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and Rayshard Brooks have been a crude reminder of the systemic issues continually oppressing Black...
Entertainment
Amidst COVID-19, Drama Tech takes ‘boom’ to Zoom
Over the past three months, the public has been quarantining, hiding indoors as the world outside seemingly crumbles to bits. Meanwhile, in Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s...
‘Trolls World Tour’ offers a needed escape
Our Take: 4/5 Stars After the runaway success of “Trolls,” it was only a matter of time before the lovable, hairy characters returned to the...
Hulu’s ‘The Great’ fails to live up to own name
Period dramas are usually sure successes that garner a devoted viewer base. Genre pieces such as “Downton Abbey” and “The Crown” were lauded as both...
TV to stream during quarantine
Under normal circumstances, summer break can be an excellent time to dive into television binges, but a global pandemic might make this an even better...
Car Seat Headrest’s ‘Making a Door Less Open’ returns indie to its roots
Our Take: 3.5/5 Stars Since its heyday, indie music has shifted away from what it was formerly known for: independence. The genre was once defined...
Adult cartoon ‘The Midnight Gospel’ is bizarrely wonderful
Our Take: 4/5 Stars On April 20, Netflix released “The Midnight Gospel.” The release is perfectly timed as the bizarre acid-trip animated series is somehow...
‘Animal Crossing: New Horizons’ enthralls players in island getaway
Our Take: 4.5/5 Stars Over the past two weeks, Twitter has seemingly been overrun with screenshots of cute animal animated characters living on a deserted...
The Strokes drop comeback record of the year
Our Take: 4/5 Stars This Friday, following a seven year long hiatus, The Strokes dropped their sixth LP “A New Abnormal.” The record’s title could...
A picturesque ‘Emma.’ brings Austen character to life
Jane Austen’s perfectly crafted satire on perfectionism and meddling, “Emma.,” has been adapted once again for the big screen. Director Autumn de Wilde’s (“The Postman...
Movie Weekly: ‘A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night’ is an Iranian vampire western
For the third installment of Movie Weekly, the Technique switched gears from classic American cinema and watched “A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night.” A...
‘Murder Most Foul’ shows Dylan still growing
Nobel prize-winning singer and songwriter Bob Dylan has appeared to be in effective retirement since the release of his last album of original music, 2012’s...
Movie Weekly: ‘She’s Gotta Have It’ celebrates an independent woman
Last week, the Technique examined the 1992 horror film “Candyman,” which used an urban legend to allegorically depict racial inequities in Chicago. The next pick...
Thundercat’s ‘It Is What It Is’ is not it
Our Take: 2.5/5 Stars Thundercat’s long-awaited fourth album “It Is What It Is” dropped this past week and finds a way to seamlessly meld somber...
Now is the time to see ‘The Invisible Man’
Our Take: 4.5/5 Stars The horror genre is notoriously chock-full of low budget, poorly acted, shoddily directed movies. Within the past few years, however, the...
Movie Weekly: ‘Candyman’ looks at race
Our Take: 3.5/5 Stars “Candyman” is the first installment in the Technique’s new “Movie Weekly” segment. As such, what follows will be a more detailed,...
Disney’s ‘Stargirl’ misses the mark
Our Take: 2/5 Stars On March 13, the film adaptation of young adult novel “Stargirl” by Jerry Spinelli debuted on the Disney+ streaming service. The...
A playlist to help you through quarantine
In these uncertain times, many are looking for something to lift their mood. Whether someone has an optimistic or pessimistic outlook on being indefinitely stuck...