Issue 2: The Halloween Issue
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"Tap Tap"
by Jaime Fields Author’s note: In eighth grade, my literature teacher had us write for 7 minutes on a different prompt every day. On Fridays, we could write about whatever we wanted, and I wrote this short horror story. It has been almost a decade since I wrote it, and to be honest, it’s still one of the best stories I’ve ever finished (read: one of the only stories I’ve ever finished.)
Things that have improved my quality of life
by Fi Black 1) cutting my butter laterally. i’m not here to have warm versus cold butter discussion but it applies to both states, when it’s cold and hard to cut cutting butter longways maximizes the amount of salty richness and also my effort and having to physically spread the butter. if the roast is warm it will melt anyway and be on a larger surface area. less effort and time. however it will make a kind of half pipe shape over time, to which you use those ends to butter your noodles.
Sing Street, Growing Up, & The Choice to Live
by Ian Sidney Lewis ( https://i.imgur.com/P35v6ae.png ) "I really liked your song. It made me cry.” "Oh. I'm really sorry." "No! It's... it's a good thing." – Sing Street (2016) What does it mean to have a favorite movie? Is it the movie that you know the best of every movie you’ve seen? Is it the movie that you’ve seen the most? Is it as simple as the best movie you’ve ever watched? I don’t know. They say that every film is somebody’s favorite and everyone has a different reason for having theirs. For a long time, I didn’t know what was my favorite, if I even had one, but I know what movie keeps coming back to my mind as I tried to write this, even halfway into an essay on a different film. I kept seeing its final scene, imprinted onto my mind, repeating over and over. That movie was Sing Street , a 2016 movie about a boy trying to impress a girl by starting a band. Why, of all the movies I’ve seen over the course of my life, does th...
James Lapine Slayed Into the Woods
“I Wish…”, How James LaPine represents character objectives in Into the Woods by Kellen Flynn
Judd Apatow
by Katie Chilton One of my favorite films is Superbad because it is hilarious and I always enjoy funny film. It has everything I want in a film: humor, Michael cera, underage drinking, and a touch of sexism. I will watch any film or television Judd apatow has helped make. Also shout out to Bros. Ok I’m adding more. I guess I’ll talk more about my good pal Judd. I think Judd apatow makes some great and bad movies and I do watch every single one. I watched freaks and geeks (my favorite tv show) and then I started watching all of his work. Freaks and geeks is amazing and deserved more than one season, the acting is so good considering how young the actors were and it’s just so fun to watch. I also really love how he was like “okay the show got canceled I’m going to make sure these actors become huge stars” and he did. Freaks and geeks led to some of my other favorite movies like forgetting Sarah Marshall and knocked up. In fact forgetting Sarah Marshall is one o...
Chef
by Sydney Bellon Chef was released in 2014, directed, written and starred in by Jon Favreau. Chef is a comedy-drama, which follows a restaurant chef (Jon Favreau) turned food truck owner who goes on a cross-country road trip with his best friend/su chef (John Leguizamo) and son (Emjay Anthony). The connection between food and relationships is the core of all interactions in this film. More than just a foodie movie, Chef centers on themes of family, friendship, culture and all the best parts of life. While we are able to witness the classic food seduction scenes, we are also watching the character development of an estranged father and ex-husband in search of regaining his own creativity. We begin with an opening scene of the daily life of a chef - in the focus of a routine, chopping vegetables, panning the kitchen and aesthetic of our character. The prologue of this narrative starts with the tension of an incoming food critic, Ramsey Michel. Head chef Carl Casper is anxious to...