I was on the cusp of 13, wishing to be 30, when Friends aired on Comedy Central every weekday at dinnertime. Two episodes per hour, with ad breaks stacked between them. This was before it lived on streaming, meaning I couldn’t skip ahead or binge episodes after a bad day. I...
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I love Anthony Bourdain. Not in the way that someone finds a Bourdain quote on Instagram, puts it over a grainy picture of him smoking, and suddenly decides they have a profound understanding of the human condition. I mean, I grew up watching him on TLC on a 2010 television,...
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It’s the first lecture of the day, and students are filing in, shuffling into their seats, half-reading the slides they promise they’ll go through later. Someone’s spilt coffee on the desk, and another’s phone starts ringing with a screeching sound, and there’s got to be that one guy who forgot to charge his laptop. The...
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Have you seen a black turtleneck, a pair of perfectly sleek rectangular sunglasses, baseball caps with a tux, or worst of all, someone on a skateboard on campus or around Leamington recently? It’s up for contested debate, but best believe it’s people who have watched FX’s new show, Love Story....
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You know how all good things must come to an end? A few shows just don’t get that memo, and can tear themselves apart in the process of it. Season after season, they lose the spark that made them special. It breaks my heart to even say that, considering I’ve...
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Whether it’s two strangers falling in love under studio lighting or masked traitors sipping wine at a castle banquet, reality TV has mastered the art of keeping us on our toes and shaping our perceptions. What started as carefully crafted candidness has become an essential staple for entertainment. Shows like...
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Aaheli Roy reveals the new Celine Song film Materialists, a sobering insight into modern love
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