reviews – Saint Orpheus

02 Jan

Me Against The Music: 2022

Saint Orpheus0 CommentsReviews2022 music, beyonce, chelsea jade, dance fever, eyeye, florence and the machine, hold the girl, lykke li, music, renaissance, reviews, rina sawayama, soft spot

The pandemic is finally over... is a sentiment that I would love to share in total sincerity. But with COVID still looming, a global supply chain in shambles, and inflation undergoing a historic rise, the 2020s have proven to be challenging at best, and devastating at worst. Still, in the midst of this turmoil, we found refuge in art. Musicians helped usher in "the new normal", with fresh singles blaring from car speakers as we left vaccination appointments, and loved ones singing along to their favorite albums as gatherings resumed. These are unprecedented times, and although the next week seems…

Me Against The Music: 2020

Saint Orpheus0 CommentsReviews2020 music, allie x, chloe x halle, dua lipa, flo milli, helena deland, henry hall, lady gaga, me against the music, miley cyrus, music, reviews, rina sawayama, taylor swift

In a world that was relentlessly ablaze, plagued by a global pandemic and injustice, music was a savior for many this year. People shared playlists for virtual happy hours, hosted midnight dance parties in their homes, and curated personal soundtracks to celebrate life's highs and grieve its lows. While we often look to artists to provide a bit of light, 2020 saw them elevated, riding in on white horses, pulling us from monotony and despair. There were so many phenomenal releases, too many to list here, so this is but a small selection of records that buoyed me on a…

Film Review – Parasite ★ ★ ★ ★

Saint Orpheus0 CommentsReviews2019 films, bong joon ho, foreign films, movies, parasite, reviews

If you haven’t watched it already, it seems that the lion’s share of moviegoers and critics would advise you to resist viewing the trailer for Parasite, and go in blind. I’m here to tell you - it doesn’t actually matter. Beguiling, deeply unsettling, and, almost unnervingly relevant to our current times, the themes and cinematic stylings elevate the production into something that has sparked a bit of life into the world of motion pictures. A NEON distribution, director and screenwriter Bong Joon Ho’s latest offering isn’t the film you expect. Until it is. And then it really isn’t. The first…