Posts by Matthew Gonzalez15

Loved it. Highly recommended.

A few days before this, I finally sat down to watch Bully by Larry Clark. In some way, it touches on the exact same themes, but feels much thinner and more cliché, filled with one-dimensional characters.

On the other hand, Mean Creek does an incredible job profiling its characters; everyone is far more complex than they initially appear. The film dances right on the edge of being pathetic or cheap, yet it never falls into those traps, finding a way to be both poetic and brutal at once.

If my memory serves, the number sits around 4, though it fluctuates depending on the year. Since a new dean took over this semester, we might see some shifts before the next admissions cycle—I recall whispers about new tuition-based programs for part-time students, but who truly knows?

Beyond acting, film directing is often considered the most superficial major to pursue at Juilliard, even if it draws a crowd.

As a graduating senior at Juilliard—albeit from a different department—I’ve learned that the value of any program depends entirely on what you manage to extract from it. You quickly realize which mentors are worth listening to and when it's better to just nod along and do your own thing.

Perhaps the academy's most vital function is simply building a network—making those essential personal and professional connections.

I’d recommend everyone give it a shot. It costs about $33 and takes a bit of time.

Honestly, Ryan Adams is the man. Gold stands as his absolute peak; he really didn't need rock and roll (a massive letdown), but those Heartbreaker and Whiskeytown days... pure perfection.

I have a few friends who constantly tease me about listening to Bryan Adams, haha. Nobody actually takes the time to listen to the album. Some of them even "threatened" to pull an all-nighter and scrawl a giant B on my album cover while I was sleeping down at the beach in Miami. :=

Did anyone else find this movie a bit lacking? Sure, it’s all incredibly tragic, and those awful sisters are absolute psychopaths while our girls are completely innocent victims. It was okay, I suppose, but it didn't hit the mark for me. Wouldn't a little more depth have helped? All we're left doing here is staring in shock at the horrors those terrible nuns inflict on those poor souls...

Amidst the endless flood of teenage trash, this stands out as a perfect example of a clever teen comedy with a Shakespearean twist. It possesses just enough sincerity to pull in anyone who isn't completely heartless.

I hate the way you talk to me/
and the way you cut your hair/
I hate the way you drive my car/
I hate it when you stare.

I hate your big dumb combat boots/ and
the way you read my mind/ I hate you so
much it makes me sick/ it even makes me
rhyme.

I hate the way you're always right/ I
hate it when you lie/ I hate it when you
make me laugh/ even worse when you make
me cry/ I hate it that you're not
around/ and the fact that you didn't
call/ But mostly I hate the way I don't hate you/
not even close, not even a little bit, not even any at all.🙂