My roommate Ana and I are enticed by the “Best in Boston” signs outside the door of Mr. Bartley’s Gourmet Burgers in Harvard Square and are immediately sold once we enter the one-room restaurant. The eclectic space is littered with posters and knick-knacks making it a cross between a dorm room ...
As “Frozen” (2013) fan, fashion designer and Project Runway judge Zac Posen so aptly exclaimed, this week’s challenge asked the designers to “Let it glow.” With the help of this week’s product placement, Transitions Lenses, the designers were asked to create a look that would be wearable ...
For some, the beginning of October heralds the first month of a long, arduous holiday season. For music fans however, it represents something truly glorious: the start of Q4, or quarter four.During this time of year, big album releases are a pretty good bet, with records from Solange and Bon Iver paving ...
At long last, fall is here and while this arts editor is as excited as the next student for seasonal drinks and darker shades of lipstick, there is another, more exhilarating phenomenon that is simultaneously coming up. No, not cuffing season -- Oscar season.While any film released in the previous calendar ...
Back when ending TV episodes with dramatic music montages was not considered cliché and lazy, mainstream culture was all about exploiting indie music. Millions of college students across the world depended on music supervisor Alexandra Patsavas as their guru — the obscure band or the quirky singer-songwriter ...
"Queen of Katwe," released on Sept. 23, begins with a shot of a girl’s feet immediately followed by one of her face, steely and intensely focused. It is clear the viewer is witnessing an ascent, from literal low to high. The girl is Phiona Mutesi, a young girl from the Ugandan slum Katwe ...
The Homecoming football game and all its associated festivities over the weekend got me thinking, strangely, about America’s Heartland and the cinema that portrays it (often patronizingly, I might add). I don't know — something about alumni “coming home” to see old friends and watch a football game just brings up in my mind a movie (and TV series) like “Friday Night Lights” (2004). It is worth mentioning that after the book and film came out, the citizens of Odessa, Texas -- the town that the film is based on -- turned against it, calling it inaccurate and opportunistic.Also interestingly, Connie Britton’s role as the football coach’s wife carries over from the movie, where she portrays Sharon Gaines, the wife of Billy Bob Thornton’s Coach Gary, to the TV series, where Britton portrays the wife of Kyle Chandler’s Coach Taylor.
Welcome back! Today is all about The Chainsmokers, who I am personally endorsing as The Next Big Thing. Here’s my take on why they work and how they’re changing the image of EDM.
After lavishing praise upon Blizzard Entertainment for innovative card design in last fall's adventure "The League of Explorers," which is the third adventure Blizzard has released for "Hearthstone: Heroes of Warcraft (2014)," this writer is disappointed that the developers ...
Valve Corporation's digital distribution service Steam is the ten-tonne gorilla of digital game sales on the PC.The service powers billions in sales, is full of AAA releases from big studios and is swollen with indie games from smaller shops – including a great many of dubious quality.But even ...
FRIDAY"The Ground on Which We Stand"Details: Actor, director and playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson will discuss his professional experience and insights with Monica White Ndounou, associate professor in the drama and dance department. Conversation topics will include Santiago-Hudson's personal ...
I am almost appreciative of the long line outside of Bagelsaurus that winds its way around the street in Porter Square. After a slow start to my Sunday morning, I’m eager for any excuse to prolong starting my homework.My first piece of advice regarding Bagelsaurus is not to be discouraged by the ...
Who remembers reading for fun? As many might agree, pleasure reading can be a guilt-ridden part of the college experience, especially when it comes at the expense of the mountains of assigned reading that start to pile on students’ desks. Even though these "pleasure reads" may occur less ...
Every year during the president’s State of the Union address, one member of the cabinet is left behind, labeled the “designated survivor.” The idea is that if something devastating were to happen to the Capitol Building while the president and the majority of his staff and cabinet were there, ...
There are three key lessons that we learned from this week’s episode of “Project Runway” (2004-present). Number one: At a time when the average woman is a size 14, designers still refuse to learn how to make clothing for any one under 5’10” and larger than a size two. Number two: "Project ...
Asian gastropubShojo’s presence in Chinatown has always been somewhat controversial. In an area with abundant cheap Asian options, Shojo is able to differentiate its brand by serving pricier but arguably higher-quality food. Furthermore, Chinatown is one of the most centrally located neighborhoods ...
Running from Sept. 16 to Sept. 25, the Somerville Theatre’s 70mm and Widescreen Festival brought to the screen a bevy of films, presented in some of the most revered film formats. Featuring pictures from 1956 (“The Ten Commandments”) to 2014 (“Interstellar"), the series offered a potent ...
Looks like it’s Monday again. As you may be aware, on Saturday, Secretary of State John Kerry hosted several of his European counterparts at Tufts for a discussion only open to delegations and the press. Only slightly less exclusive, Waka Flocka Flame will also deliver a speech of sorts to the Tufts community this coming Saturday. On the agenda are topics such as “throwin’ cash,” “sippin’ moscato” and “los[in’] them pants.”
The first day of fall means it's time for a number of things — sweater weather, apple picking and pumpkin-spice everything. But most importantly, it means it's time for fall television premieres. The end of September brings a plethora of new shows, some sure to be America's next obsessions ...
Critics of Hollywood’s reliance on sequels and remakes add another arrow to their quiver with the release of director Antoine Fuqua’s latest collaboration with Denzel Washington, “The Magnificent Seven." The duo’s previous project, “The Equalizer” (2014), served as a delivery vehicle ...
