Smashing Success (and Heads) in “Neighborhood 3”
The past week at Wesleyan has been a scary one, and not just because of Halloween and hurricanes. If you ...
Arts & Culture
Cine-Files 11/02 – 11/03
Hopefully everyone has recovered from the hurricane that a devastated much of the East Coast over the impromptu Halloween break. ...
Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city
In the past few years, Kendrick Lamar has had a meteoric rise to prominence. After releasing his 2010 mixtape Overly ...
Madea Goes To War: “Alex Cross”
What’s Halloween without a serial killer thriller? The “Saw” franchise has held us over for the past decade, but now ...
Video Killed The Horror Film Star: “V/H/S” Review
Anyone who has paid any level of attention to the horror genre landscape is probably unhappily familiar with “found footage” ...
Alum Discusses State of Pop
When it comes to modern music, I’m something of a cynic. My view toward most contemporary music on the radio, ...
Ethan Hawke’s Goatee, Other Spooky Things In “Sinister”
I’d like to be put on record for saying that these days, movies with ghosts in them kind of suck. ...
“A Behanding in Spokane” Strains Boundaries of Comedy
Irish playwright Martin McDonagh’s oeuvre seems to include a motif of the body corporeal—specifically, said body’s maiming. “The Pillowman,” which ...
“Paranormal Activity 4” Offers Cheap Scares
Reviewing a film like “Paranormal Activity 4” is an oddly difficult task. Leaving the theater this past weekend, I felt ...
Local Business Turns Rage Into Joy
In an age where most rock is either played in stadiums or dripping with lo-fi buzz, bands like Titus Andronicus ...