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'Succession' continues its impressive run

After an incredible first season, many wondered if there was any room to improve for HBO'sfamilydrama "Succession" (2018–). Following a Murdoch-like family dealing with personal and professional issues, it grabbed national and critical attention thanks to its sharp dialogue and impressive ...


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'Where'd You Go, Bernadette' struggles to stay afloat

“Where’d You Go, Bernadette” (2019) keeps taking its title character (Cate Blanchett) to wetter and wetter places. In Richard Linklater’s newest project, based on Maria Semple’s 2012 novel of the same name, the reclusive Bernadette Fox finds herself retreating from Los Angeles to Seattle to ...




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Flying Lotus wows House of Blues with 3D concert

While on his Flamagra North American Tour, electronic artist Flying Lotus (FlyLo) performed at the House of Blues in Boston on Aug. 27 to promote his latest release, "Flamagra" (2019). One of his most thematically consistent albums to date, "Flamagra" is a unique listening experience, ...




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In defense of 'Vox Lux'

Just 22 minutes into “Vox Lux” (2018), Willem Dafoe’s buttery narration succinctly summarizes the genesis and damnation of its troubled star. Just days into the new millennium, the teenage Celeste Montgomery (Raffey Cassidy)stands at the candlelit pulpit of a close-knit Staten Island Catholic ...


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Music

2019 summer music roundup

Sure, 2019 might just feel dominated by the Billboard Hot 100 record-breaking “Old Town Road” and its array of remixes, but there have been plenty of other releases to talk about. Some artists, like Katy Perry, have been slowly making new hit songs. Others, like Taylor Swift, have released some ...


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'Stranger Things 3' explores new themes but similar plot

This review contains spoilers.Netflix released the third season of "Stranger Things" (2016–), an international sci-fi smash hit, on Independence Day this past summer. In this season, the children and adults of Hawkins once again have to battle a grotesque monster from another dimension, ...




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Columns

Review Rewind: 'Snatch'

The Movie: "Snatch"The Year: 2000The People: Jason Statham as Turkish, Brad Pitt as Mickey O'Neil, Benicio Del Toro as Franky Four Fingers, Lennie James as Sol, Dennis Farina as Cousin Avi, Guy Ritchie as the director of the film.The Non-Revealing Plot: Three separate plots are hatched ...


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Arts

Senior Profile: Jason Martin

Jason Martin is multitalented, if nothing else. As he graduates this spring with a degree in political science, Martin will be able to say he participated in Tufts drama department performances and independent Tufts theater shows as well as Tufts Dance Collective all in his four years here. This doesn't ...



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Senior Profile: Abby Schmidt

Disclaimer: Abby Schmidt is a contributing writer for the Tufts Daily. Schmidt was not involved in the writing or editing of this article.For some seniors, going to Tufts was about a change of place. “I’ve always loved traveling and seeing new places,” Abby Schmidt said. In an open study room ...


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Hidden Panels: 'Hawkeye' Issue 1

“Really?” I’m sure some of you are thinking, “Your last piece of the year is going to be about the Avenger who fights evil with a bow and arrow?”To answer your question, yes, I am. After a semester of epic tales, high-brow social commentary and an above average amount of Batman books, I figured ...


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Hidden Panels: 'New Avengers Vol. 1: Everything Dies'

How far would you be willing to go to save the world? What would you be willing to sacrifice? Money? Time? Sanity? Friendships? Your morals? Most importantly, though, what happens when Earth’s mightiest heroes confront these questions? Such is the content of "New Avengers Vol. 1: Everything Dies" ...


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Julianne Moore speaks at Coolidge Corner Theatre

Brookline’s Coolidge Corner Theatre hosted “An Evening With Julianne Moore” on Thursday night. The event, which brought the star of the recent film “Gloria Bell” (2019) just minutes away from her old stomping grounds as a theater student at Boston University, featured a conversation with the ...


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'Rilakkuma and Kaoru' is 'beary' delightful

Last Friday, Netflix dropped yet another original series, "Rilakkuma and Kaoru" (2019). However, this one bears little resemblance some of the streaming service’s other original programs. The show, created by Japanese stationery company San-X, is a delightfully whimsical program centered ...


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'High Life' serves eerie chills, asks higher questions

Discord reigns in Claire Denis' “High Life” (2018), an intergalactic psycho-thriller starring Robert Pattinson. An infant’s wails pierce the dim halls of a space station, above the industrious hum of life support systems. Childhood memories flicker across the screen and pass in the space of ...