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Animation recommendations: ‘Mob Psycho 100’

By Gabriel Zarazua · Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2022

“Your life is your own”

‘Tell Me Lies’: A train wreck

By Rose Androwich · Monday, Sept. 12, 2022

On Wednesday, Sept. 7, the first three episodes of the new Hulu series “Tell Me Lies” was released. While the first episode begins in the present, the director takes us back to Lucy’s first year of college.

'Barbarian' and its missing depths

By JP Spoonmore · Monday, Sept. 12, 2022

Editor’s note: This review includes mentions of sexual assault.

Murder and Mediocrity Overshadow ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’

By Jane Miller · Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022

Topping the charts of Goodreads and receiving endorsements from the likes of Reese Witherspoon and Taylor Swift, Delia Owens’s 2018 novel “Where the Crawdads Sing” was an instant success. The much-anticipated release of its film adaptation, however, has not come without scrutiny.

J.I.D’s triumph over circumstance: ‘The Forever Story’

By Brendan Nolte · Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022

Since signing to J. Cole’s Dreamville Records in early 2017, Atlanta rapper J.I.D (real name Destin Choice Route) has built a name for himself not through the absurd style, vapid lyricism and obscene amounts of bass that defined the “Soundcloud rap” era in which he came up, but through a commitment to two things too often lost in modern hip-hop: honesty and craft. The rapper whose stage name originates from his grandma’s description of him as “jittery” has never lost that same restless swagger from when he was young, and J.I.D’s latest album “The Forever Story" puts on display his most vulnerable, cohesive and thoughtful work to date without losing sight of the hard-hitting beats and elaborate flows that put him on the map.

‘Jurassic World: Dominion’: A disappointment 6.5 million years in the making

By Kait Milleret · Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022

Dinosaurs divide the population into two types: those who love them and those who couldn’t care less. Somehow, “Jurassic World: Dominion” doesn’t inspire either stance. With its unfocused story and bloated plot, the movie plods to its conclusion as if anticipating extinction at the hands of other summer films. Even the resurrection of fan-favorite characters Drs. Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), Sattler (Laura Dern) and Grant (Sam Neill) failed to salvage it.

Fifty years on the Scene

By Willoughby Thom · Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2022

In honor of the 50th Anniversary of women at Notre Dame, Scene has created the ultimate female-powered playlist filled with Notre Dame alumnae, your favorite artists, the future generation and artists who paved the way for women in music…

Serena Williams finishes legendary tennis career

By Claire McKenna · Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022

Serena Williams’ historic tennis career has come to an end, completing the evolution away from tennis she announced in an August op-ed for Vogue. Last Friday Williams played her last game of tennis in the Arthur Ashe Stadium against Ajla Tomljanović.

‘Only Murders in the Building’: Killer Comeback

By Andy Ottone · Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022

There’s a blackout across New York City. In the Arconia apartment complex, a murder investigation is occurring. And during all of this, the building’s residents come together for one moment and sing. This is “Only Murders in the Building.” There’s murder, there’s mystery, but what stands out most is the cast of characters and how they deal with the chaos they find themselves in. Though the episode had suspenseful moments and revelations for the investigation, the moment that stands out most is how the background characters interact and expand beyond just one-note personalities into complex characters with hopes and goals of their own. What’s even better is how these characters return throughout the season to help solve the mystery underlying the show.

Animation Recommendation: ‘A Silent Voice’

By Gabriel Zarazua · Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022

“Animation is something kids enjoy, and adults have to endure.”

'Hit the Road': An Iranian road trip tragicomedy

By Angela Mathew · Monday, Sept. 5, 2022

The star of Panah Panahi’s “Hit the Road” is the family’s young son, played by Rayan Sarlak. His annoying antics and entertaining quips keep this slow, meditative story about a family’s separation moving forward.

'We have but this one short life': 'Fire of Love' sizzles at DPAC

By Mark Valenzuela · Monday, Sept. 5, 2022

When the unnatural destruction of France during World War II subsided, Katia and Maurice Krafft stepped out of the flames. Although they would not meet for another two decades, the couple experienced a mutual childhood ignition — the love of volcanoes sparked that within them.

‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’: The generational excellence of Kendrick Lamar

By Matheus Herndl · Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022

Kendrick Lamar is one of the most important and influential voices in his generation and one of the artists who defined the music of the 2010s. Starting with 2011s “Section.80,” Lamar has shaped the sound of mainstream hip hop, earning the Compton-born rapper 14 Grammy wins during his career. Even then, Lamar stands out from his peers with his deeply personal and poetic lyrics as well as his sonic versatility, excelling in multiple genres from the West Coast Gangsta rap of “good kid, m.A.A.d city” to the jazz rap and neo funk soundscapes of “To Pimp a Butterfly.” In 2017, “DAMN.” proved to be Lamar’s most bombastic and commercially successful album, and now, five years later, his newest record “Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” proves once more why Lamar is one of the most acclaimed artists in recent memory.

'The Girlfriend That Didn't Exist': The story behind the legend

By Peter Breen · Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022

If you’re like me, you remember the 2013 BCS National Championship Game between Notre Dame and Alabama as the cementation of the SEC’s dominance over college football since the turn of the millennium. That season was the last time Notre Dame competed for a national title and the last time the team featured a Heisman Trophy finalist. Central to the mythos of the Fighting Irish’s undefeated campaign was the perseverance of said finalist, Manti Te’o, following the death of his grandmother and girlfriend on the same day in the middle of the season. In the aftermath of the title defeat, a bizarre truth emerged which grasped the sports world by storm: Te’o’s girlfriend was not a real person. Netflix’s two-part documentary released in August, “Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist,” narrates the story of the highest-profile catfishing scheme of all time.

Avril Lavigne’s ‘Let Go 20th Anniversary Edition’: Legacy and impact

By Maxwell Feldmann · Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022

On June 4, 2002, Canadian artist Avril Lavigne shocked the world with her debut album “Let Go.” Twenty years later, she returned to her roots with a 20th anniversary edition of the album. To commemorate this occasion, I am revisiting the album to reflect on what was so special about it and how it had such a profound impact in the music industry at large.

Don't ban books, celebrate their uniqueness

By Nicole Bilyak · Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022

Let’s face it: nobody wants to hear that their book has been banned because of “controversial topics.” But the reality is that many of the classic novels that we were either forced to read in school or that we chose to read actually turned out to be either a challenged or banned book because of questionable content.

‘Guess why I smile a lot. Uh, cause it’s worth it.’

By Annie Brown · Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022

Propelled seemingly by some mechanism inside its rubber body, a tennis ball rolls, turns and erratically bounces down the stairs, eventually coming to rest near the couch.

The nuances of ‘Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers’

By Andy Ottone · Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2022

Before reviewing Disney's “Chip N’ Dale: Rescue Rangers,” let’s take a look at one specific scene. At one point the titular duo gets cornered during an attempted locker room heist by a DJ, who also happens to be a snake. To distract from their theft, Chip and Dale freestyle rap about how they do not eat whales, what part of the whale they would hypothetically eat and how hard it is to break the pattern of rhyming “Dale” with “whale.” After laughing for five minutes straight, I asked myself, “how did the movie even get to this point?”

Lady Gaga's Chromatica Ball celebrates the battle

By Olivia Seymour · Monday, Aug. 29, 2022

“Have you ever had to battle for your life?” Chicago’s Wrigley Field, completely sold out and packed with 45,000 concert goers, erupted in passionate cries at Lady Gaga’s posed question. After fighting through the past few grueling years, the pop-star's highly anticipated Chromatica Ball was nothing short of a smashing celebration of life’s triumphs and its tribulations. Originally released in May of 2020, Gaga’s album “Chromatica”has waited two years to be performed live around the world. The tour had been previously postponed twice due to the worldwide pandemic, but was finally given the green light earlier this year, and it was well worth the wait.

Lizzo's new album 'Special': All about love

By Rachel Hartmann · Monday, Aug. 29, 2022

When Lizzo’s album came out, I had to take a moment of silence because I knew the moment I listened to the album everything would change — and it did. “Special,” the new album by Lizzo is about loving yourself unequivocally and allowing others to love you as well. The 12 songs in the album are a gorgeous mix of pop, R&B and hip hop and invite the listeners on a journey of discovering yourself, and loving that self. With such a massive debut of “Truth Hurts,” Lizzo had a high bar to live up to and she did just that.