By Alex Carrigan

​Something is rotten in this home in Denmark. In the new film by May El-Toukhy, Queen of Hearts follows a lawyer and wife named Anne (Trine Dyrholm), who has built a perfect life for herself, her husband (Magnus Krepper), and her twin daughters. One day, her husband's son from her first marriage, Gustav (Gustav Lindh), comes to live with her family. After some time with the troubled teenager, Anne soon finds herself drawn to Gustav and begins an illicit and secretive relationship with the boy. As they grow more and more reckless, their relationship threatens to destroy their lives, their reputations, and worst of all, themselves.

And the good south wind still blew behind,
But no sweet bird did follow,
Nor any day for food or play
Came to the mariner's hollo!
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- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Coleridge 

By Ghia Vitale

If you like cats and bananas, you’re in for a real treat: Bananya recently began releasing episodes from season 2. The second season is called “Bananya and The Curious Bunch” and as far as anime goes, it doesn’t get much cuter than this!

By ​Mateo Vargas

Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite took the international scene by storm earlier this year. It won the coveted Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in a historic feat, making it the first time a Korean director has been awarded the festival’s top prize.

​By Hannah Eason and Sravan Gannavarapu
VCU Capital News Service

​RICHMOND, Va. — Days after Virginia’s legislative elections, racist comments continued to flood news stories about Ghazala Hashmi becoming the first Muslim American to serve in the state Senate, with hundreds of Facebook users linking her to terrorism and saying it was a “sad day” for Virginia.

​Reactions ranged from “amazing news” to “why did we let this happen,” according to an analysis of about 3,000 comments posted to five news articles on Facebook.
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By Christina Rosso

​We started with a very simple idea: open an independent bookstore and event space that reflects and supports the community. 

By Ghia Vitale

​In the spirit of Halloween, I’m reviewing a classic seinen horror manga: Uzumaki by Junji Ito. There are light spoilers ahead, so proceed with caution!

By Gretchen Gales

I was in 11th grade AP English the first time I was introduced to Toni Morrison. We were assigned Jazz as the next class book following The Scarlet Letter and The Great Gatsby. I was most excited to read Jazz out of all of the required reading. The premise captured my attention immediately: a young woman is murdered by the hands of her lover and her corpse is attacked at her own funeral. I’m a big fan of true crime, so I was prepared for the carnage. 
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It became the only assigned book I never finished.
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By Christopher Sloce

By Ghia Vitale

​If you want to work on loving yourself and don’t know where to start, that’s totally okay. Self-love doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Still, making the effort to love yourself will benefit you more than you think. Here are 6 self-love tips I wish I’d known about earlier that you can use to propel your own self-love journey forward: