Look What I Did: Directing “Five Women Wearing the Same Dress”
It’s no secret that one of the best things about Wesleyan is the student initiative. This newspaper you’re reading? It’s ...
Arts & Culture
Arcade Fire Builds a Double-Sized Magnum Opus
When Arcade Fire released the lead single from its upcoming album, Reflektor, back on Sept. 9, many fans found themselves ...
Despite All-Star Cast, “The Counselor” Leaves Audiences Confused
Michael Fassbender, Penélope Cruz, Cameron Diaz, Javier Bardem, Brad Pitt, Ridley Scott, Cormac McCarthy. What a cast and crew. You’ve ...
Sapphire Slows on Music Scenes, Job Hunts, and Spontaneity
With a buzz-generating EP and a catchy piano-house collaboration under her belt, Kinuko Hiramatsu has come a long way since ...
Brett Dennen Goes Back To His Roots On Smoke and Mirrors
Singer-songwriter Brett Dennen makes the happiest kind of music. His songs are effervescent and cheerful, with a good-time vibe that ...
Let’s Dress Wes: Seasonal Transitions
The sudden plunge into cold over fall break caught many of us in Middletown off guard. With the sun coming ...
Despite All of the Controversy, “The Fifth Estate” Disappoints
Looking at the weekend box office reports, it’s genuinely surprising that “The Fifth Estate,” the Bill Condon-directed Julian Assange biopic, ...
Arcade Fire Plays Intimate Show in Brooklyn Warehouse
While most students spent the days leading up to fall break locked down in Olin or SciLi scrambling to finish ...
The Exquisite Corpse Project: A Lesson in Collaboration
Good comedy rarely comes out of isolation. Often, it relies on collaboration between multiple writers of different styles and sensibilities. ...
Fifty Years Later, Paul McCartney Isn’t Getting Old
The comeback album is a tale as old as time itself: artist gets irrelevant, artist releases career-redefining album, artist reaches ...