Bloated and talkative for a film where two separate characters emphasize their lack of skill at oration, “Gladiator II” is messy and imperfect. However, it is also enjoyable and argumentative — most often with itself.
Most Christmas movies don’t come near groundbreaking cinema, and most Christmas songs won’t receive Grammy recognition. But the nostalgia in their scenes and sounds bring us back to joyous holiday memories of our youth that we can only attempt to recreate in our older years. And “All I Want for Christmas Is You” epitomizes that sentiment — and has for the past 30 years.
Some eagerly await the winners of the Academy Awards. Others are interested in Nobel Prize winners or Olympic medalists. But, for tabloid fanatics, one of the most important days of the year is when People Magazine bestows the “Sexiest Man Alive” title. In a celebrity world where beauty serves as currency, who is the richest? Who is the sexiest of all the sexy?
As we celebrate its quarter-century of life, I admit that there is one rule of “Fight Club” that I would change: we should talk about “Fight Club,” because now more than ever, its ideas deserve a seat at our table.
Hoof ‘n’ Horn’s “In the Heights” shines with energy and the connections between performers and audience. Ultimately, the performance overcame any issues with sheer earnestness, joy and personal connections that shone throughout the entire performance.
Overall, “Permanent Good: A Duke Documentary” is an astutely produced and well structured take on the Duke story with something for everyone, regardless of their familiarity with Duke’s history. I encourage anyone with an interest in how Duke came to be — or where it is headed — to watch it.
Record of the Year and Song of the Year are not the only categories the 2025 Grammy's have a wonderful array of options for. In this article, I'll look at Best New Artist and Album of the Year, giving my thoughts on who should win and who will win.
The main category nominations for the 2025 Grammy's are definite toss-ups but in my opinion, some options stand out more than others. In this article, I look at Record of the Year and Song of the Year, giving my thoughts on who should win and who will win.
While we spend our entire life on or right above the Earth’s surface, we don’t normally think about what lies below. The Rubenstein Library’s “Rift/Fault” exhibit seeks to change that by drawing our attention to the places where tectonic plates meet, in hopes of making people think about real and imaginary borders.
On Friday, Nov. 22, Page Auditorium welcomed over 1,000 people for singer-songwriter Adrianne Lenker’s “one night only show” — opened by poet and songwriter Suzanne Vallie. While Lenker was indeed there for one night only, she also performed earlier that day in response to the concert selling out all of its tickets.
In a since-deleted Tumblr post, artist Ethel Cain broadly proclaimed that “we are in an irony epidemic” — meaning there’s a “lack of sincerity in the world these days.” It’s not hard to find examples of what she means.
While holiday horror may be a collection of usually mediocre, only slightly unique films, that doesn’t mean they are outright worthless. Instead, holiday horror makes up a notable part of a genre that is entertaining at its worst and truly engaging at its best.
While the performance was brilliant and astonishing, the personalities of Finckel and Han were the standouts of the night. Their engagement with chamber music through festivals, production companies, performance and teaching was obvious in their treatment of the audience and respect for the performance.
Overall, the film is a stereotype-filled, bizarre hallucination, marked with exceptional acting and beautiful cinematography.
During her visit, Gabriela Badillo exhibited her poster series “68 voces, 68 corazones (68 voices, 68 hearts)” and presented on her ongoing project to create a film version of the exhibit, two projects that she’s been working on for the last decade.
“Conclave” finds itself in physical and intellectual spaces that its thematic and argumentative self could never hope to fill.
If you’re looking to change classes, add a fifth – or even sixth – or work towards finishing your T-Reqs, Recess is here to help. Here are six distinctive courses that celebrate creativity and quirkiness in the artistic and cultural landscape classes while helping you graduate on time.
“Second Nature: Photography in the Age of the Anthropocene,” an exhibit featured at the Nasher Museum of Art (as well as the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in Lincoln, Massachusetts) from Aug. 29, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025, offers a visual journey through contemporary photography that captures the complexities and challenges of this new age.
Regardless of how “The Gang” crosses paths with the teachers of “Abbott Elementary,” there is no doubt that the outcome will be dynamic, humorous and, above all, a revival of an integral part of film and television that seems to have waned in recent years.
On Nov. 10, Duke Music hosted a Faculty Recital called “New Creations.” The concert highlighted renowned classical soprano saxophonist Dr. Susan Fancher, Lecturing Fellow of Music and a leading advocate of contemporary music.
