Somewhere at the crossroads of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jonathan Glazer lies “The Witch” (2015), a New England horror film released on Feb. 19 that broods as much as it scares. Written and directed by first-time feature filmmaker Robert Eggers, the movie is riddled with the usual tropes of religious ...
Tom Clancy’s name has been thrown into the titles of so many thriller novels and video games of varying quality that it has become a red flag for mediocrity, and its inclusion in the title of “The Division” doesn't help matters. "The Division" is an open-world third-person shooter ...
Student-run organizations are peculiar microcosms of American democracy: you’ve got your presidents, your vice presidents, secretaries and treasurers, and all are determined to ensure that a group can function well both internally and externally. The larger the organization, the more power becomes ...
Last year, Cosmopolitan magazine splashed the banner “America’s First Family” across its front cover — and the accompanying picture was not one of the Obamas. Instead, smiling up from newsstands were (most of) the women of the Kardashian-Jenner family, whose long-running reality series “Keeping ...
Pearl-clutchers and Phyllis Schlafly devotees, beware: "Broad City" (2014-present) does not give a lick about your antiquated notions of feminine propriety. If anything, it wants to make you squirm. It revels in your discomfort. The show, which just premiered its third season on Feb. 17, ...
Have you ever thought about how the building in which you live was designed? Or how things you use and encounter every day came to be? Who thought of using ice to cool down drinks? Once a week, producer and host of the podcast "99% Invisible" (2010-present), Roman Mars, answers these questions. ...
A black mat blanketed in a thin layer of sand covered the stage at Balch Arena Theatre this past Sunday as part of a performance by artist Kimi Maeda for Tufts' Day of Remembrance. Wooden blocks, arranged carefully on the stage, formed the images of a house and a car. A wooden rack to the side ...
It is difficult to precisely categorize “Nufonia Must Fall” (2015), and its creator, Kid Koala, is well aware of the fact. Before the show started, the Canadian DJ thanked the fully packed room for “choosing the show over simpler entertainment.” Complex or not, “Nufonia Must Fall” clearly ...
Imagine starting a business in a field that's already crowded with well-known names. You lack the name recognition of the other brands, which makes it hard to attract new recruits. You can’t match the institutional resources of your competitors. And on top of all that, you have virtually no experience ...
Sophie Shen is a first-year from Shanghai, China. Sophie has a passion for traveling and a personal flair for fashion. Sophie and I sat down to talk about how her origins shape her style and her favorite stores. Parker Selman: How would you describe your personal style?Sophie Shen: I would say it’s ...
Trying to shirk from the responsibility of your midterms? Check out what's happening on campus this week:Audre Lorde Exhibit Opening: The Tufts LGBT Center will host the final showcase of the Lesbian Herstory Archives’ “Audre Lorde Traveling Exhibit" before it is permanently archived. ...
Editor’s note: This column is part of a fictional weekly serial.Edgar had been watching the car wind towards his house for the better part of half an hour now. So open were the fields between here and the horizon. For 30 years, any movement on the road had caused his heart to clench — lock all ...
MIT’s Center for International Studies opened a photo exhibit showcasing life in the Republic of Iran on February 3rd. The exhibit, titled “IRAN: WOMEN ONLY” includes work from photographer Randy H. Goodman’s time in the Republic during three historical moments: the hostage crisis, the Iran-Iraq ...
"The Bachelor" (2002 - present) is hard to like. It turns love into a six-week competition and sells the idea that it is okay for a man to date 25 women at one time. And while it is not a scripted show, “The Bachelor” is so edited and producer-manipulated that it can be hard to tell what’s ...
Theater is most exhilarating when the actors' emotions aren't confined to the stage. It's best when the audience is invited, or rather, forced into the story. The Tufts Department of Drama and Dance’s run of the musical “Next to Normal” does just that. It’s refreshing that at a school like Tufts, where the audience is no stranger to the discussion surrounding mental illness, that the production is still more than capable of stirring the feelings of all.
First of all, let me establish one thing: I have little use for the term “chick lit.” It's a term that seems to induce instant eye rolls and condescending sighs from people, often “important male writers” with an aura of self-satisfaction who reason that the only really important issues ...
On Super Bowl Sunday, fans of “The Good Wife” (2009-present) were greeted with some bad news: the critically acclaimed CBS drama, a TV spot declared, would be airing its final episode this spring. Though announcing a series finale by way of Super Bowl commercial is highly unusual, the decision to ...
Ever since Dante Alighieri found himself lost in a dark wood, the image of Hell as a blasted subterranean realm dedicated to the eternal torment of sinners has proven to be a mainstay of Western art. And just as visual art and literature have borrowed from Dante’s vision of damnation, so too have ...
Fox's “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” premiered in 2013 to solid reviews and success at the Golden Globes but has done little more than plug along since. Somewhere along the line, “Nine-Nine” became a comedy procedural: serviceable and at times genuinely funny but certainly not must-see TV. Viewers ...
Sometimes I get a flash of inspiration at three in the morning, and I can’t stop myself from punching note after note into the software until what I hear through my earphones matches what’s emanating from the overflowing file cabinets of my imagination. A few finely-crafted measures later, the roosters ...
