From the Kapoor dynasty to the Khan-dan (pedigree), nepotism has permeated Hindi cinema since its conception. In its 93-year history, Bollywood has developed a tried-and-tested formula for launching nepo...
As college students, we often find our stomachs craving more flavor amid tedious days of dining hall hot dogs. If you’ve been admiring the Middle Eastern and Mediterranean restaurants around the Georgetown...
By Brad Derfner, Guide Columnist
• September 24, 2025
To many, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), which just wrapped up Sept. 14, acts as a symbolic “starting gun” for the coming year’s awards season. This year, as usual, the conversation...
When I was ten years old, I had my heart broken for the first time. It was 2015, the day of my grandmother’s birthday, and One Direction had just announced via a Facebook post that Zayn Malik was leaving...
There’s a common misconception in the cultural zeitgeist that South Asia does not have a punk-rock culture. With convergent portrayals of oriental spirituality and normative collectivism, South Asian...
In South Asia, love is duty.
My parents had an arranged marriage. They met on a marriage website specifically for people with my last name and my caste. So did their parents. So did the...
By Nick Williams, Hoya Staff Writer
• April 23, 2025
“This summer is the apocalypse,” wrote Taylor Swift in August 2016. Kim Kardashian had recently released an edited video of a phone call between Swift and Kanye West, Kardashian’s then-husband, regarding...
By Nick Williams, Guide Columnist
• February 19, 2025
Jan. 14, 2012: the “Saturday Night Live” performance heard around the world. At this time, Lana Del Rey was simply an emerging singer-songwriter armed only with a viral woozy ballad and intriguing...
When the United States elected a Black man to be president in 2008 and again in 2012, much of the world rejoiced. Abraham Lincoln had abolished slavery. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for civil equality....
The title is a lie. I have watched “Never Have I Ever.” Multiple times, in fact, and I cry every single time.
When “Never Have I Ever” first came out in 2020, the show immediately struck a...
Traffic in Los Angeles has a pretty bad reputation. You could get on Interstate 405 and be greeted by four open lanes of highway where every guy in a sports car is easily pushing 90 mph, or you could...
From low budgets to shattered iPhone screens to a ban on its target audience, “Monkey Man” is stronger for its jugaad (scrappy resourcefulness) and amateur newness.
As Harry Styles would say,...
