“Hail, Caesar,” released on Feb. 5, takes a pretty dim view of Tinseltown. This is hardly surprising; the Coen brothers, who directed it, have a well-documented contempt for Hollywood, expressed both in interviews and in previous efforts like “Barton Fink.”(1991) But modern Hollywood, widely ...
I’m at my grandfather’s old flat tucked within a sprawling hospital complex in the heart of Chennai. It’s 3 a.m., and everyone else has kicked their jetlag and figured out how to sleep through the air conditioner, which keeps things at a balmy 5ºC. I’m GChatting a friend stateside about how ...
Most people encountered Charles Dickens in high school, whether it was through “A Tale of Two Cities," “Oliver Twist” or “Great Expectations," and for many people, it was hate at first sight. According to many of the people in my high school English class, Dickens was long-winded ...
Super Bowl 50 (Roman numerals are temporarily out this year) is over and the Denver Broncos came out on top, defeating the Carolina Panthers 24 – 10. For those who aren’t particularly interested in football and who think Coldplay has degenerated into grotesque self-parody since 2008 (this writer ...
By all accounts, players were generally pretty bad at saving the world in Firaxis’ 2012 game “XCOM: Enemy Unknown." In “Enemy Unknown,” players took command of the titular XCOM, a shadowy intergovernmental organization established to defend the Earth from unknown enemies. The unknown enemies ...
The president has just gone on live TV to make an announcement: a giant comet is on a collision course with Earth and everyone on the planet has 34 days left to live.This is the premise ofNBC’s “You, Me and the Apocalypse,” which follows the lives of several seemingly unconnected individuals during ...
By now, most people know 40-year-old Sia Furler as the crazy-haired Australian pop star who refuses to show her face on television by wearing ridiculously big, blonde wigs. What most people do not know, however, is that she has written songs for some of the biggest pop stars of the modern era, including—just ...
For a school with a thriving a cappella presence, home to some of the most well-known collegiate groups in the nation, there is surprisingly scant information to be found at Tufts about what being in such a group entails. We hear about upcoming performances, albums, tours and community service collaborations, ...
Studded with specialty eateries, high-end lounges and quick service joints to accommodate even the most frugal of passing students, Harvard Square is a diverse but likely difficult market to break into for restaurant owners. That fact hasn’t stopped Fire + Ice Founder John Schall from introducing ...
In some situations, it is best to have no expectations. In others, the situation requires one to abandon any and all expectations completely. Both of these statements were true for the “Ubu Sings Ubu” (2016) performance at Club Oberon on Thursday night."Ubu Sings Ubu" is an adaptation ...
“Pretty Little Liars” (2010 - present) is the kind of show casual observers of pop culture think went off the air years ago. Frankly, it’s remarkable that after five seasons of increasingly absurd and hard-to-follow plotlines the show has enough steam to keep going. And yet, somehow, it appears ...
"Hearthstone" (2014) has run virtually unopposed in the casual CCG (collectible card game) genre since its release, with primary competitors like “Magic: The Gathering” (1993 - present) being far less accessible due to its steeper learning curve and a visually-uninspired video game version.Now ...
The road to Rihanna’s “ANTI" (2016), released Jan. 28, has been long and arduous for even the most devoted members of the Navy. For the uninitiated, the Navy is the loyal fan base of the 27-year-old Barbadian beauty, although the excruciating three-year wait since her last studio album “Unapologetic” ...
Spring Awakening ReimaginedDeaf West’s revival of “Spring Awakening” is an unlikely twist on a modern classic with an even more unlikely star. Set in 1890s Germany, “Spring Awakening,” which opened for the first time on Broadway in 2006, documents the life of a group of adolescents in a ...
It’s official — Lorelai (Lauren Graham) and Rory (Alexis Bledel) Gilmore will once again be gracing television (and computer) screens nationwide. Fans got official confirmation on Jan. 29 that the “Gilmore Girls” (2000-2007) revival would indeed air on Netflix in four 90-minute installments. ...
On the afternoon of Jan. 14, a bus full of Tufts musicians pulled up to the Goldenes Theater Hotel in Salzburg, Austria. I was exhausted after a seven-hour flight, but there was scarcely time for a nap - the Tufts Symphony Orchestra (TSO)tour of Austria was off to a busy start.Jetlagged and lightheaded, ...
Keeping up with Panic! at the Disco requires fans to exercise a great deal of flexibility in both their musical tastes and in their expectations of the band. Since their debut in 2005 with the vaudevillian alternative rock album “A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out” and the hit “I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” ...
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Check out these events:All About Chocolate: Tufts Culinary Society presents a talk with Dr. Carla Martin on why people love chocolate and the delicious treat's history. Samples will be available at the event. (Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in Pearson 106)Battle ...
"Anomalisa” (2015), a tender, searching new film from the mind of writer-director Charlie Kaufman and his collaborator Duke Johnson, might feature stop-motion animation and puppets, but it’s primarily preoccupied with what it means to be human, in the most expansive sense of the word. To ...
Daughter is arguably one of the most successful indie acts of our generation. The band’s debut, “If You Leave” received significant praise when it was released in 2013, and produced three singles including the Spotify favorite "Youth." Daughter’s popularity is due in part to its ...
