“Can I not better myself?”, asks ex-con Collin (Daveed Diggs, best known for being in the original cast of Hamilton) to his friend since childhood Miles (Rafael Casal), as he buys a recently stocked Kale-juice smoothie from their local mini-mart. On the last days of his probation, Collin feels the urgency to change his life’s […]
Welcome to the new Student Mixtapes Series, curated by the writers and editors of the Music Section. Here’s how it works: every week, someone (it could literally (literally) be anyone) will use their own personal alchemy to conjure up a playlist of flawed perfection, shmaltzy pop hits, cinematic wonders, or just plain aural brilliance. The theme […]