Dumpling or Woman: Lena Dunham’s Question in “Girls” Season 6
This past Sunday, the final season of “Girls” premiered on HBO, featuring the same unrefined humor and quirky characters that first ...
Arts & Culture
“Changing Visions,” Where the Personal Meets the Political
There’s something lovely and magical about states of flux. Beauty can often be found amidst the chaos and uncertainty, creative ...
“The Sopranos”: How a Psychiatric Narrative Made TV’s Golden Age
Television’s “Golden Age”—perhaps at its apex today with shows such as “Mad Men,” “Breaking Bad,” “House of Cards,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Mr. ...
One Day Plays: A Writer’s Perspective, Hour by Hour
This Saturday night, I sat down full of hope and vodka, surrounded by people I love, and enjoyed my sixth ...
“John Wick, Chapter 2” Testifies to the Artistry of Action Films
In many ways, action cinema is filmmaking at its purest. If movies are, on one level, all about movement (of ...
Cinefiles 2/15-2/18
Joseph Eusebio ’17: Hey Jonah [Lipton ’17], what should we talk about in this week’s column? Jonah Lipton ’17: I was thinking we could ...
“Santa Clarita Diet” Halfheartedly Parodies Suburbia—and Zombies
It was the image of Drew Barrymore stuffing human ears into her Nutriblend that first drew me to Netflix’s “Santa ...
“Legion” Twists Tired X-Men Stories into Refreshingly Eerie Instability
Of all the big-budget superhero franchises carving their names into film and TV, it makes sense that the X-Men franchise ...
New Faculty Authors Read Work at Russell House
Listening to Professor Lisa Locascio’s poetry in Russell House Wednesday evening was like listening to a reverend give a sermon ...
Isaiah Rashad Draws Dedicated Crowd to Beckham Hall
On the bone-chilling night of Feb. 3, Isaiah Rashad, the TDE-affiliated rapper Kendrick Lamar once described as“raw talent,” sauntered onto the ...