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Justin Pound waits in the ring during a stoppage at the Polish Heritage Center on Jan. 25, 2024, in St. Louis.

Uptown Saturday Night Fights: A different face of St. Louis sports

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2025

St. Louis is, if absolutely nothing else, a sports town. St. Louis Blues and St. Louis City merchandise fill the city even when either sport is in the offseason. Busch Stadium is one of the first things...

Lily-Rose Depp as the lead character of Ellen Hutter in “Nosferatu.” Photo courtesy of Variety.

‘Nosferatu’: A love triangle disguised as a spectacular gothic horror

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer February 23, 2025

“Nosferatu,” the latest horror film from esteemed indie director Robert Eggers, is yet another home run for the young creator. A remake of the original 1922 film considered by many to be the original...

Timothee Chalamet as the lead in “Marty Supreme.” Photo courtesy of British GQ.

New year, new movies: 2025 films to look out for

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer February 23, 2025

The year 2025 is upon us, and with it comes an entirely new slate of movies. Use this helpful guide to find out what is coming when and what to get excited about. With everything from science fiction dinosaur...

Still of the titular antagonist in “The Monkey.” Photo courtesy of NEON.

‘The Monkey’ and the art of unseriousness

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2025

Everybody dies, and that’s life. What isn’t “just life,” though, would be an AC unit falling from the roof into the pool or a face full of fish hooks. However, this is exactly the surreal, dark...

Alvvays band posing. Photo courtesy of Performer Magazine.

Love unfiltered: Breaking free from music’s idealized romance

Aidan DeSpain, Arts & Life Editor February 23, 2025

The love song industry has some pretty overbearing cliches. Not only do many songs follow the same formula, but that very formula has existed for decades. Images of love at first sight, happily ever after...

Timothée Chalamet (right) and Elle Fanning (left) in a scene from “A Complete Unknown,” featured as one of the film’s primary promotional posters. Photo courtesy of Searchlight Pictures.

Timothée Chalamet shines as Bob Dylan in captivating “A Complete Unknown”

Brendan Brunette, Senior Writer February 23, 2025

Directed by Academy Award nominee James Mangold, “A Complete Unknown” is a masterfully entertaining and compelling musical biopic that serves as a worthy entry in the genre. While occasionally playing...

Illustration of a stack of books representing popular "weird girl" literature. Graphic by Ashlyn Jones.

“Weird girl” books for the unconventional reader

Ashlyn Jones, Managing Editor February 23, 2025

TikTok’s repopularization of literature for Gen-Z audiences has sparked a renaissance in various subgenres, including “weird girl” books. Featuring strange, complicated female protagonists and unsettling...

Lead protagonists, sisters Vi (left) and Jinx (right) facing off in Season 2

“Arcane”: A magnum opus of animation

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer February 5, 2025

Imagine a world painted with layers and layers of love and hate. Art that truly represents trauma, war, and violence with a fine paintbrush, making every moment look like a modern Renaissance painting....

A still of Dr. Manhattan in “Watchmen: Chapter I,” photo courtesy of Warner Brothers.

‘Watchmen’ got adapted again, and it hasn’t aged a day

Owen Herdrick, Arts & Life Editor December 4, 2024

The original graphic novel “Watchmen” was released over the course of 1986 and 1987, becoming an instantly foundational piece in comic book lore, whose commercial and critical success stunned the industry.  Writer...

Venom and Eddie Brock creating a “venom-horse.”

“Venom: The Last Dance” is a chaos fueled trip meant only for the most loyal of franchise fans

Aditya Gunturu, Senior Writer November 23, 2024

“Venom,” released in 2018, was Sony’s first foray into a Spider-Man cinematic universe without Spider-Man. This gamble that would require villains to hold up without their greatest hero. Surprisingly,...

Demi Moore in ‘The Substance,’ photo courtesy of MUBI.

The Substance: self-care, beauty standards and ectoplasm

Chloë Johnson, Contributor November 23, 2024

On my Amazon wishlist, I have a retinol cream that I plan to buy when it goes on sale for Black Friday. Retinol is an anti-aging serum, and although you don’t have to start using it until your forties,...

No digging required: The best songs found from short-form media this year

Jackson Ryson, Staff Writer November 23, 2024

Discourse over art is and always has been extremely intense. In no way is this discourse harmful – art yearns to be discussed. The whys and the hows of creative work is truly what makes art profound...

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