I want to start with a brief story – in early 2014, I was in a strange place. I had just turned eighteen and was dealing with the challenges of finishing high school and entering a new stage of my life. For my birthday, my parents had bought me tickets to Bruce Springsteen’s first concert…
Tag: music
They Shot the Piano Player (2024)
At some point in our lives, we have all been entranced by the genre known as bossa nova – the soothing rhythms intertwining with the lyricism that exists somewhere between philosophically profound and hopelessly romantic, there is a reason the world was utterly taken when this genre emerged out of Brazil and underwent a cultural…
Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
Fame is a fickle beast, preying on the weak and vulnerable through its false promises of a life of luxury and worldwide adoration. It’s a concept that has been extensively explored in every conceivable artistic medium, and something that we find to be extremely resonant, especially considering so many of us yearn to spend some…
Kneecap (2024)
If you want to see an enormous divide between mainstream audiences and those who cast a more critical eye over the contemporary film industry, simply mention the concept of the musical biopic. These films have always existed and been quite popular over time, but in recent years they have reached a fever pitch, primarily because…
The Postmodern Pelican 