In the final scene of “Dunkirk” (2017), having finally escaped their stranded position in France and reached England, Tommy (Fionn Whitehead) and Alex (Harry Styles) board a troop train headed for London. After dozing off, Tommy receives a paper and reads aloud Churchill’s famous speech: “We ...
Between awkward icebreakers, Target runs and meals with your pre-orientation family, your orientation week can fill up fast. If you're looking for entertainment and a peek into the campus arts scene, take some time out of your day this Sunday and Monday to catch one (or both!) of the orientation ...
Pop music is back with vengeance this summer, led by three women who are breathing new life into the moniker for the 2010s: Lorde, Lana Del Rey and Kesha. How do their latest albums stack up?“Melodrama,” Lorde (4.5/5)Considering the cultural impact of Lorde's debut album "Pure Heroine" ...
Blockbuster horror movies in recent years have been undeniably political. This is the case with "Get Out" (2016), in which Jordan Peele explores a swath of current sociopolitical issues including anti-black racism and police brutality in the US. Both "The Purge: Election Year" (2016) ...
In light of the recent gala at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, I thought that it would be great to end this semester with a celebration of designer Rei Kawakubo. After all, “dulcis in fundo.” The Japanese designer started one of the most recognizable brands in the industry to this day, Comme ...
Parker Heyl is a senior majoring in mechanical engineering and minoring in musical engineering who will attend the Royal College of Art’s Information Experience Design program in London next year. The North Haven, Conn. native's unique interests involve the intersection of fine arts, kinetic sculpture, ...
Graduating senior Cecily Lo made her first film, a stop-motion animation of clay figurines, at the age of 15 with her cousin. Years later, as a student at Tufts, she continues to explore her passion for film, dance and performance art in short videos that she posts on her personal Vimeo channel.“I’ve ...
With commencement just around the corner and families gathering together for celebration, it seems fitting that Marvel’s newest film also features another gathering of celebrated characters. Following on the heels of the much-lauded first entry, “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2” (2017) attempts ...
This morning, a friend showed me a video of myself that was taken almost two years ago on my 20th birthday. In the 90-second clip, I am holding court over a living room of our friends, unable to finish a sentence without laughing, my hair bleached from two months of tour guiding. I look blissfully bewildered.That ...
One would be hard-pressed to find someone juggling as many mediums in the Tufts comedy scene as graduating senior Sam Gordon. Since coming to Tufts in 2013, the Westchester, N.Y. native has been writing, filming, editing and performing sketches and stand-up for groups across campus, combining his ...
Why should you play "Left 4 Dead" (2008) and its sequel, "Left 4 Dead 2" (2009)? Because they were engineered to be the perfect replayable shared narrative experience for up to four players. And before you scoff and say, “Fury, isn’t 'Left 4 Dead' a zombie game? Aren’t ...
Written and directed by graduating senior Cinthia Chen, "Anna May Wong: The Actress Who Died a Thousand Deaths" comments on racial issues in Hollywood and tells the story of Asian-American actress Anna May Wong. The show was produced as an International Literary and Visual Studies senior ...
Content warning: This column discusses sexual violence.In the first scene in “Elle” (2016) following her violent sexual assault, Michelle Lèblanc (Isabelle Huppert) walks into her living room, cleans up the scene and picks up her cat. Looking at her cat with scrutinizing, measuring eyes, she holds ...
Few designers have incorporated technology in their work like Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake, especially famous for his “Pleats Please” line and his “BaoBao” geometric bags. He is a firm believer in the importance of art and museums as inexhaustible sources of inspiration for the fashion ...
“The Handmaid’s Tale" (2017-present), Hulu's original series based on the 1985 Margaret Atwood novel of the same name, creates a terrifyingly resonant horror story in which women have absolutely no control over their lives or even their own bodies.The show takes place in a dystopian future ...
Netflixhas been producing its own shows for years now, and it has seen much success in making its own content. While most of these shows are unique, notmany are focused around creating dialogue and givingvoices to marginalized groups of people. Enter “Dear White People” (2017–present), one of ...
This year’s Spring Fling will have the first all-black lineup since 1982, when Clarence Clemons and the Red Bank Rockers and Chubby Checker performed at Tufts. The 2017 lineup, which originally consisted of T-Pain, Tinashe and Aminé, was selected amid complaints about inadequate race representation ...
Why should you play "The Stanley Parable" (2013)? Because it makes you sincerely, wholeheartedly want to play through the same short series of absurd events over and over until you fully realize the awesome power of office tedium, game in-jokes and devastatingly sarcastic fourth wall breaking.
With daily breaking news and general commentary on President Donald Trump's positions, plans and actions, one proposal threatens to slip under the radar: the intent to abolish the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) in a new federal budget plan.The plan would also end funding for the National ...
German independent game developer Tinytouchtales had quite a hit with its first game “Card Crawl,” which released on mobile devices in 2015. “Card Crawl” received critical acclaim and managed to carve out a niche audience -- no mean feat in a mobile game market almost totally dominated by ...
