One genre of film we have yet to touch on can induce intense laughter, gregariousness and the strange desire for Funyuns, Ding Dongs, Jolly Ranchers, Hot Pockets, Chipwiches, Hawaiian pizza, Rice Krispies Treats, Harvest Cheddar SunChips and chamomile tea...

    Comedian Bob Saget, best known for his role as uptight patriarch Danny Tanner on all eight seasons of “Full House,” has become something of a myth in the past decade. Thanks to his scene-stealing turn in “The Aristocra...

    In these dark economic times, constrained budgets may lead one to consider what services and expenses really matter. Art and entertainment tend to take the backseat to necessities like rent and food. Martin McDonagh’s dark comedy,...

Gone are the days of the burly, strapping, macho heroes like Tom Cruise, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone. Now, America appreciates the goofy, awkward, out-of-shape protagonists like Jonah Hill, Seth Rogen and Jason Segel. Okay, Segel’s ...

    “ER” ended just two Thursdays ago, but executive producer John Wells wasted no time moving on to his next project: the gritty new police drama “Southland.”     Set in Los Angeles, the series portra...

    Four singers’ energy captivates audiences in an abstract musical called “Songs for a New World.” Junior Samantha Tempchin, senior Caitlin Felsman and sophomores Doug Cohen and Jared Trudeau star in this song cycle prod...

Some of you will spend your summer lifeguarding or teaching tots to play tennis, others will be getting some pompous investment banker his daily vanilla skim latte in exchange for “experience.” Not us. We are going to spend our summer in the o...

     Greg Mottola, director of immensely popular and over-quoted comedy “Superbad” (2007), has done it again. This time, however, Mottola’s film, which was inspired by his time working at the Adventureland theme park ...

    The Daily recently had the opportunity to chat with wrestling star John Cena, the star of the newly released “12 Rounds.” Cena plays Detective Danny Fisher, a New Orleans cop who puts an international criminal, Miles Jackson...

The theater is dark and cavernous. Fragments of naked dolls hang from metal chains, their limbs gruesomely and vulgarly dangling above the stage. Tarps and cinder blocks line the right side of the stage, creating a makeshift camp.     &ldqu...

The Emerson String Quartet, a Grammy Award-winning classical music ensemble, will perform in Distler Performance Hall tonight at 8 p.m. The ensemble, the quartet in residence at Stony Brook University, has taught many master classes over the years. The qu...

Before the Lyric Stage Company's performance of Speech and Debate begins, the set's industrial tiled floors, dry-erase board and posters of graphs and projects are enough to send a riveting chill of high school nostalgia down the spines of college student...

Young artists tend to push boundaries and find ways to express their ideas in unconventional ways. They are less integrated into the art world, so their work is not only more youthful and reckless than that of older artists, but they are apt to reference ...

It all begins with an apology. The beautiful, intelligent Etty Hillesum (played by Anne Gottlieb) seems like the very last person who would need to ask for forgiveness, but she does so nonetheless in a manner that makes the audience’s heart ache bef...

    The Paris neighborhood of Faubourg in “Paris 36” (2009) is one that American audiences know well. Similar to the setting of “Amélie” (2001), it’s a slightly tamer version of the romanticized, magical...

    If the recent news coverage of violence and brutality in Mexico has not yet impacted Americans’ perceptions of Latin America, then the tragic, intense film “Sin Nombre” certainly will.     In his feature...

Hollywood A-Listers (the filthy rich, philanthropic stars featured in big-budgeted, Oscar-winning films) have always reigned atop the B- and C-listers (SNL-burnouts, reality TV stars and Ron Jeremy). Yet, once upon a time, there existed a BA-list, and we ...

    The workplace comedy has become a staple of television over the past few years. Some these shows are wildly successful, but many try to be “The Office” and fail miserably. Even though there are some funny jokes and even a fe...