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The Lion's Roar

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The Lion's Roar

The Official Student News Media of Southeastern Louisiana University

The Lion's Roar

Sean Baker and the cast of his 2024 film "Anora" appear at the 2024 Toronto International Film Festival. From left: Yuriy Borisov, Sean Baker, Mikey Madison, Karren Karagulian and Vache Tovmasyan.

REVIEW | Excellent “Anora” delivers aching theatre experience

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief November 19, 2024

My days of casual film viewing are over. Now, I’m Southeastern’s newest, loathsome cinephile snob.   I’ve undergone the standard initiation: buying a MUBI subscription and watching low-budget...

REVIEW | Down the Witches’ Road: “Agatha All Along” is a magical twist to the Marvel universe

REVIEW | Down the Witches’ Road: “Agatha All Along” is a magical twist to the Marvel universe

Jacob White, Copy Editor November 12, 2024

“Agatha All Along” picks up where Marvel’s previous miniseries, “Wandavision,” left off, with Agatha Harkness recovering from Wanda’s hex. The new miniseries follows Agatha and her coven as...

OPINION | Child stars, victims of their success

Eva Saladino, A&E Editor November 5, 2024

On Thursday, Oct. 16, singer-songwriter Liam Payne died after falling from the third-floor balcony of his CasaSur Palermo hotel room in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He was under the influence of drugs and...

REVIEW | Remi Wolf brings big ideas to her sophomore album

REVIEW | Remi Wolf brings big ideas to her sophomore album

Jacob White, Copy Editor October 20, 2024

Remi Wolf combines soul, pop and indie genres to create a unique style that, in my view, is incomparable to any other living musical artist today. Her new album, “Big Ideas,” encapsulates how well...

REVIEW | A joke without a punchline: The failure of Folie à Deux

REVIEW | A joke without a punchline: The failure of Folie à Deux

Romeo Agdamag, Staff Photographer October 19, 2024

On October 4, “Joker: Folie à Deux” premiered in movie theaters across the country, serving as the sequel to “Joker” (2019). It picks up where the first movie left off, with Arthur Fleck, played...

OPINION | The case for Kamala, flaws and all

OPINION | The case for Kamala, flaws and all

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief October 8, 2024

The American two-party system has once again spat out a pair of unlikeable candidates, much to the displeasure of the American electorate.  On Nov. 5, voters such as myself will embrace the quadrennial...

Chappell Roan, one of the lead figures in pop music's resurgence, belts out her music at the Vogue Theatre. (Nov. 10, 2022)

OPINION | Pop girls are back and ready to reign

Simone Herlihy, Staff Reporter September 30, 2024

In recent years, women in pop have made a major resurgence. Yes, women in pop have been around for decades, rivaling their male counterparts. However, we are now seeing an unprecedented wave of popularity...

OPINION I America has a gun violence problem

OPINION I America has a gun violence problem

Troy Allen, Assistant Sports Editor September 24, 2024

Imagine waking up on a Wednesday morning, ready to send your children to school. The routine is familiar—packing their lunch, helping them get dressed and waving them goodbye as they eagerly hop on the...

OPINION | Finding your direction as a freshman

OPINION | Finding your direction as a freshman

Ian Stewart, Opinions Editor August 20, 2024

August 21 marks the first day of the 2024-2025 school year, along with being the first last day of school for me as an SLU student. This realization hit me as I saw the upcoming freshmen arrive for the...

(from left) Kristopher Lewis, Brett Allen, Kennith Woods and Chance Rodenkirch perform "Lolly, Lolly, Lolly," a musical number in "Schoolhouse Rock! Live" at the Ascension Community Theatre. (Gonzales, LA - July 2021)

OPINION | Musical theater, the unsung art form rich in melody and emotional depth

Kennith Woods, Editor-in-Chief July 23, 2024

In the mid-20th century, Hollywood’s light shined brightest for musical theater.  During this time, aptly named the Golden Age of Musicals, the art form dominated the cultural zeitgeist, and movie...

REVIEW | The 2024 Met Gala's 'Garden of Time,' flourishing or withering?

REVIEW | The 2024 Met Gala’s ‘Garden of Time,’ flourishing or withering?

Eva Saladino, Social Media/A&E Editor in Training June 13, 2024

The Met Gala is an annual fundraising event held in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan. Parallel in popularity, the Met Gala is the fashion world’s Super Bowl.  Originally titled the “Costume...

REVIEW | Olivia Rodrigo’s 'GUTS' spilled raw emotion and relatability

REVIEW | Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘GUTS’ spilled raw emotion and relatability

Abigail Fischer, Social Media Editor June 4, 2024

Earlier this year, Olivia Rodrigo released her anticipated sophomore album, “GUTS.” I listened to it seven times the first week. On Friday, March 22, Rodrigo dropped “GUTS (spilled),” the deluxe...

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