Revival Reviews: “Curb Your Enthusiasm”
Every now and then, an innovator comes along and takes some sort of traditional method or form and completely transforms it ...
Arts & Culture
One Day Plays: Exhaustion That’s Worth It
There’s a reason there are so many plays, movies, and shows about the clashing of artists’ egos in plays, movies, ...
Cinefiles 9/28-9/30
Here’s a note to you future scholars digging through the Olin archives: mark Sept. 27, 2016, in bold on your Cinefiles ...
“Eight Days a Week” Won’t Let You Down
If you’ve ever spoken to me, it’s entirely likely that I’ve managed to either bring up The Beatles or sneak ...
The New Generation of Critics
Artistic and cultural criticism have long been deemed by many artists as useless and even detrimental to their respective crafts. ...
Mr. Robot is the Quintessential 21st Century Show
“Mr. Robot”—a show ostensibly about dismantling capitalism through hacking and whose hero is severely psychotic—is brought to you by Hewlett Packard, a ...
Isaiah Rashad Shows Growing Potential on Compelling, yet Flawed Studio Debut
If Isaiah Rashad’s 2014 EP Cilvia Demo was notable for anything, it was the rapper’s unfiltered honesty. Lacking the technical ...
Comedian and Actress Leslie Jones Triumphs Despite Alt-Right Harassment
“I don’t know if this is a black thing or a lady thing, but either way I’m mad as hell.” ...
“The Light Between Oceans” Shimmers then Fades
In today’s film industry, where remakes and adaptations leave little space for original ideas, melodrama continues to be a proven ...
“Stranger Things” is an Instant Classic
When writing on the strange, there's nowhere for the story to traverse but the unknown. Since man first travelled to ...