Cinefiles
Welcome back to Cinefiles! I hope you’ve all enjoyed exhaustive conversations on the merits of “The Hunger Games,” relished Joffrey’s ...
Arts & Culture
Arts Profile: Matt Alexander ’12 on Translating and Directing “Lost Modern Love”
If you thought it was impossible to find a play composed entirely of German quotations, translate it, and perform it ...
Documentarian Mary Murphy ’81 Talks Wes, Journalism, and the Magic of Harper Lee
Mary McDonagh Murphy ’81 is certainly a Wesleyan success story—in fact, her career could justify our liberal arts education. After ...
New Troupe Collective Motion Readies Show, “Miss You Later”
In a school full of dance troupes and collectives, two juniors, Samantha Melvin and Ruby Barry, wish to break the ...
“The Hunger Games” Brings Novel to Big Screen with Brutality and Grace
At the very beginning of “The Hunger Games,” the audience is presented with a quotation from a treaty, drafted by ...
Look What I Did: Getting Ready to Break a Leg
As you might have read in my first article, I directed a Second Stage show this semester. All my effort ...
Arts From Abroad: Even the French Enjoy their Movie Raunch with “Les Infidèles”
Paris is a city of high culture—avant garde theatre, intellectual independent films, art galleries, the Louvre, haute couture, the ballet. ...
I Would Do Anything For Love: In Defense of Meat Loaf
Nostalgia is a powerful thing—here’s looking at you, Scott Stapp—but it takes a seriously wistful son-of-a-bitch to remember the good ...
No Age Storms Eclectic Thursday Night
Scalia’s coming. You and your bleeding-heart buddies are mad as hell, and you’re not going to take it anymore. It’s ...
Professor’s Playlist: Barry Chernoff
Professor Barry Chernoff: Chair of Environmental Studies, Director of College of the Environment, freshwater fish expert, virtuosic guitarist, righteous dude. ...