The Mystery (and Mayhem) of “Irma Vep”
Here at the University, theses about drag queens are no surprise. A thesis performance in drag, on the other hand, ...
Arts & Culture
“The Last Song,” or, Hannah Montana vs. Human Mortality
Miley Cyrus is a phenomenon and a superstar and a notable icon of North American Have It Your Way-ism, but ...
The Modern World: Special Effects and 3-D
I saw “How to Train Your Dragon” opening weekend. Yeah, I know, it shocked me too.
The Idiot Box: The Real Avatar
Back in my hometown (shout out to my Boston peeps…who are actually IN Boston and not around it, fakers) I ...
Playwright Catherine Filloux on Genocide, Surviving, and Hope
Catherine Filloux has a good reason to be serious: she has spent the last two decades writing plays that center ...
An Asian American Playwright Tells Us How It’s Done
Wearing a blazer, jeans, and a boy¬ish smile, David Henry Hwang had the energy of a man in his early ...
Argus Spring Movie Preview
With spring comes the dubious in-theater spring movie lineup, a notorious dumping ground for movies that aren’t important enough for ...
Critic and Author Molly Haskell Talks About Women, Film, and Scarlett O’Hara
Film critic Molly Haskell came to Wesleyan Wednesday night for the Annie Sonnenblick Evening, part of the Writing Program’s speaker ...
In Defense of Panic! At the Disco
Before I began my freshman year here at Wesleyan, my cousin, a recent Vassar grad, offered me her sage advice ...
Peter Cole, Translator and Poet, Visits University
Peter Cole, a short, slight man with fluttering hands who wears large glasses over his intense black eyes, hardly seemed ...