Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The author’s slender book captures a daughter’s hopeless loss after the death of her father, as Adichie searches for both language and meaning but finds both ultimately inadequate.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

On his first album, the singer-songwriter recklessly commits to music, helped by brutally honest lyrics, sonic sheen and a groundbreaking marketing strategy.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

This bizarre new rock opera, written by pop duo Sparks and directed by Leos Carax, lays its characters’ thoughts and feelings bare … or so it seems.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The artist, who rose to fame with albums that encapsulate the spirit of teen-hood, explores less dramatic — and arguably more important — themes in her latest album.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

Jennifer Hudson’s vocal performances make the biopic worth watching, so long as audiences reconcile themselves beforehand to learning more about the icon than a single movie can answer to satisfaction. 

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

David Lowery’s film provides what audiences came for — mesmerizing visuals strung together with details that create a fantastical yet dreary world — and more.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

Michael Sarnoski’s directorial debut is difficult to pin down. Though unsuspecting audiences may have been expecting another ‘John Wick,’ the film more closely follows the trajectory of an anticlimactic drama.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

While the documentary possesses some glaring flaws, both ethically and thematically, it is nonetheless a worthwhile and authentic exploration of the troubled idealist’s life and death.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

Nida Manzoor’s Peacock sitcom follows five Muslim women and their punk rock band while advocating that ‘music is about representation.’

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The dramedy, based on a real-life Twitter thread, holds viewers suspended in disbelief, outrage and empathy as they watch one weak-willed woman manipulate, deceive and even physically endanger another exotic dancer.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

This indie rock album, released by a long-standing icon of the genre, explores the new world of semi-responsible adulthood through the lens of a lifelong feeling of insecurity.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

Netflix’s new series is a combination of horror and heart that wins over those willing to hope that the debris of a pandemic can be put together anew.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The moody soundscape and raw, vulnerable lyrics of the artist’s new LP are impressive, but his blind instinct for self-preservation is less so.

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The ‘ER’ and ‘The Good Wife’ actress navigates the unstable waters of her childhood from the vantage of her craft, assessing both its beauty and instability — and turning both to her advantage with the tool of gratitude. 

Anna Hupp, University of Wyoming

The first season of Netflix’s new fantasy series, based on New York Times bestselling author Leigh Bardugo’s trilogy, deftly balances adventure, friendship, romance and political turmoil.