“Z” a Vibrant, Nuanced Account of the Life of Percy Fawcett
“The Lost City of Z” is sprawling, dense, and lush; overflowing with rich, carefully shot textures and sequences of brilliant, ...
Arts & Culture
Mayer’s “The Search For Everything” is a Painfully Boring Death Knell
You probably didn’t notice this background noise, but John Mayer released another album on April 14 this year, titled “The Search ...
Recap: Week 3 of Art Theses Examines Empty Space and Enters the Realm of Photography
The third senior thesis exhibition reception of the year was held at Zilkha on Wednesday, April 19 and featured the ...
Dichotomy over Disses: Kendrick Lamar Gets Introspective on DAMN.
This past March, when questioned about his current preoccupations, Kendrick Lamar replied simply, “Family.” On his new album DAMN., gone ...
Talking Through Neil Cicierega’s Upsetting, Unsettling, Hilarious, Brilliant Mouth Trilogy
Mouth Trilogy Cross Talk Dan Bachman ’17: Today we’re going to talk about a trilogy of mash-up albums by internet-genius Neil Cicierega. ...
Gary Kriksciun Brings Abstraction to Exley
Upon returning from spring break, the more observant members of the Wesleyan community may have noticed that Pi Café has ...
Frank Ocean Finds Happiness and Strives for Summer’s Newest Soundtrack
There was a time when it was an open question whether Frank Ocean would ever release music again. After dropping ...
“S-Town” Frustratingly and Fascinatingly Innovates the True-Crime Podcast
I’ll be honest: I could never get into “Serial.” When the “This American Life” spin-off made an unexpected splash in 2014, ...
Is Laughter the Best Medicine?
Television and mental illness have a long and strained relationship. While TV is rife with mentally ill characters of all ...
How the “Boss Baby” Box Office Boom Isn’t as Bad as You Think
Ok, everyone, I have a harrowing confession. It’s something I’m still shocked by, even weeks after the experience. It’s caused ...