Whiplash

Whiplash (Damien Chazelle, 2014) A promising young drummer enrolls at a cut-throat music conservatory where his dreams of greatness are mentored by an instructor who will stop at nothing to realize a student's potential. It is important to immediately inform you the reader that before we get int... Read full article

Whiplash (2014)

If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andrew... Read full article

Whiplash (2014)

If ever there was the Devil’s incarnate, it isn’t Terrence Fletcher (J.K. Simmons), he’s probably meaner and harder to nail down. In the world of musicians, there is no school more prestigious than Shaffer Conservatory in New York and that’s where young drumming prodigy Andre... Read full article

Whiplash

Whiplash made me relive the recurring nightmares I’ve been having since I was a freshman in my high school marching band.  Nightmares where I show up to a competition without my instrument, or the music has been changed to something I’ve never heard of at the last moment.  And always, there ar... Read full article

WHIPLASH Review: Yeah, But Look at the Results

One of my favorite childhood memories is the sound of my Babcia’s choir.  They sang in Ukrainian, a language I (sadly) never learned, but despite that, just the sound of the collective – the harmony, the power – filled the enormous church and made me feel good.  On occasion, I w... Read full article