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SPILLING THE CHAI | Baas, Bollywood: Why Hindi Mainstream Media Needs to Change

By Anandita Agarwal, Guide Columnist November 20, 2024

Bollywood is India’s greatest invention and endeavor. Forget the number zero, forget sending us to the moon. Shah Rukh Khan is India’s biggest export and ambassador, trumping both the information technology...

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Why Everybody Should Be Talking About ‘Everybody’s Talking About Jamie’

By Caroline Woodward, Deputy Guide Editor November 15, 2024

Georgetown University’s Nomadic Theatre and Black Theatre Ensemble’s (BTE) collaborative production of the deeply intense yet fabulously queer musical “Everybody’s Talking About Jamie” embodies...

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On Your Radar: Art & Beauty

By Caitlin McBride, Hoya Staff Writer November 15, 2024

GU Orchestra Concert Support student artists and the Georgetown University Department of Performing Arts concert Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. as the university’s orchestra and jazz ensemble will blend their...

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Welcome to ‘Brat Autumn’: Charli XCX Releases New Remix Album

By Nick Williams, Hoya Staff Writer November 14, 2024

“I’m so Julia.” “Let’s work it out on the remix.” These phrases and more have entered the cultural lexicon since British singer-songwriter Charli XCX released her monumental sixth album...

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By Tanvi Gorripati, Deputy Guide Editor November 14, 2024

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Hidden, Silenced Anguish Haunts ‘Small Things Like These’

By Grace Ko, Hoya Staff Writer November 14, 2024

There’s an undeniable, otherworldly power to Cillian Murphy’s eyes.  Tim Mielants’ “Small Things Like These” takes full advantage of Murphy’s magnetic gaze to reveal veiled suffering...

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“Smile 2” Adds a New, Terrifying Layer to the Franchise

By Francis Rienzo, Hoya Staff Writer November 14, 2024

This article contains spoilers. A smile, typically a symbol of joy and comfort, is meant to soothe and convey happiness. And yet, the horror genre often transforms such positive symbols into chilling...

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The Penguin: Gotham’s Answer to Tony Montana

By Mauro Mazzariello, Hoya Staff Writer November 14, 2024

There are countless ways to begin this review, yet no cliche opener could truly capture what follows. “The Penguin” continues where 2022’s “The Batman” left off; Gotham is in ruins and mob...

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‘Heretic’: A Claustrophobic Questioning of Religious Conviction

By Isabelle Cialone, Hoya Staff Writer November 13, 2024

Georgetown University students should be familiar with “The Problem of God” as a concept, but if your THEO-1000 class didn’t quite quench your ontological questioning, don’t fret! “Heretic”...

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Gaga Goes Back to Her Roots in ‘Disease’

By Celeste Viana, Hoya Staff Writer November 8, 2024

Mother Monster has returned.  Lady Gaga released the first single of her seventh studio album Oct. 25, and this track is a dramatic return to her dance-pop roots after her venture into the world...

On Pessimism: ‘True Detective’ and ‘Taste of Cherry’

By Luke McMahan, Hoya Columnist November 8, 2024

Produced in two countries halfway across the world from each other and 15 years apart, one film and one limited series offer some of the most compelling discussions of pessimism and despair ever produced. “At...

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Only The Good Die Young: A Great Gatsby Review

By Mauro Mazzariello, Hoya Staff Writer November 8, 2024

Just a few months shy of its 100th anniversary, “The Great Gatsby” remains firmly in the literary canon. Every high school teenager who endured an American literature class has, at some point,...

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