Culture
Green Book (2018)
Best Picture, 2019. A working-class driver, a Black concert pianist and a tour through the segregated South.
Sungyoon Park/May 2026
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Best Picture, 2019. A working-class driver, a Black concert pianist and a tour through the segregated South.
Sungyoon Park/May 2026
From Jesus is King, 2019. Gospel-inspired, imperfectly sung, and better for it.
Sungyoon Park/Mar 2026
Sixteen million viewers, a village head with a scheme, and a boy king sent into exile.
Kai Lee/Mar 2026
Two alternative R&B records, one from DEAN in 2016 and one from Frank Ocean in 2012, for anyone starting out.
Uibin Lee/Feb 2026
An hour and forty-five minutes of songs, and a man who collects people society calls unique.
Juwon Kim/Feb 2026
Human nature, power, fear and society — and the recognition that Golding was not writing about monsters.
Seoyun Lee/Dec 2025
Comfy clothes, hot cocoa, and the best Christmas atmosphere of any Christmas movie.
Juwon Kim/Dec 2025
세계를 건너 너에게 갈게, by Lee Kkot-nim. A letter written in 2016 arrives in 1982.
Hannah Cho/Nov 2025
Brad Pitt, Joseph Kosinski, real tracks, real cars, and the Mercedes-AMG F1 team behind the camera.
Sungyoon Park/Nov 2025
The unpressed submit button, the notes-page alibi, and two more. Flagged by the editor as satire — probably.
Caiden Kim/Jun 2026
Matcha is only popular because it looks aesthetic.
Seoyun Lee/Jun 2026
Nine siblings, a pet wild hog, Cast Away, and why she is leaving VIS after two years.
Valor Times Staff/Jun 2026
On being a scholar before a teacher, League of Legends, pineapple pizza, and whether he is leaving Valor.
Caiden Kim/May 2026
Complete silence makes every small noise distracting. A case for instrumental playlists.
Hanna Seo/Mar 2026
56% say one, 44% say two. A straw is a stretched donut, and stretching changes nothing.
Juwon Kim/Mar 2026
The Head of Upper School on a fast transition, hobbies she jokes she doesn't have, and not rushing the next stage.
Victoria Oh/Mar 2026
Talent Show 2nd place winner. Weird, unique, humorous — and a conspiracy theory about where the rain comes from.
Victoria Oh/Dec 2025
Twenty years in Korea, board games and fantasy football, and why he would pick teleportation.
Caiden Kim/Nov 2025
Available on Baemin and Coupang Eats. Start at level 1. Nine toppings the writer will vouch for.
Hayeon Son/May 2026
Five years for obstruction. Prosecutors asked for death. Seven trials still to come.
Jalen Park/Mar 2026
