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Struggles with faith in 'The Exorcist: Believer'
By Kadin Purath | October 28, 2023“The Exorcist: Believer” asks interesting questions that it lacks the fortitude to answer.
“The Exorcist: Believer” asks interesting questions that it lacks the fortitude to answer.
"Past Lives" is a heartwarming story about love, immigration and the road not taken.
Located in Durham’s City Center District, the newly-opened Ella West Gallery lies inside an old brick warehouse. Within this gallery, the exhibition "Return to Parrish Street: A Dream Realized" exhibition showcases and honors Black artistic expression.
Why was the immediate coverage of this family’s restructuring taken as an opportunity for verbal violence rather than empathy? And why did (or didn’t) the public fall for the PR tricks this time?
Just in time to celebrate the end of another strenuous week of midterm season, Duke students gathered together at a student-organized rave Oct. 6.
In her sophomore album "Bewitched," Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey blends her classical roots with her love of pop and traditional jazz to create a magical, anachronistic masterpiece.
In Christian Petzold’s Silver Bear-winning film "Afire" (2023), love is all-consuming.
The Engineering Master’s Talent Show, hosted by Duke’s Engineering Master’s Programs' Dance Club and Music Club Sept. 22, was a sterling display of the many talents Pratt students have honed outside the classroom.
In "Walk Up", a building acts as both a bridge beyond and above the self-centeredness of the lead character and a vessel for his worst qualities.
Our social media feeds are full of "girl math," "girl dinner" and the "strawberry girl." Why is every recent TikTok trend based on girls – especially given the cancellation of “girlboss” just a few years ago?
Marking its second year in Durham, Slingshot will include a diverse array of notable and up-and-coming artists that dabble within the bounds of dance, electronic, pop and experimental music.
Weekend Therapy, the Duke student band that opened last semester's LDOC concert, synthesizes a unique rock and R&B sound – and has some exciting plans in the works.
In “Lost in Translation” (2003), an eighteen-year-old Scarlett Johansson and mid-to-late career Bill Murray have a semi-platonic one-week fling in Japan that's influenced as much by director Sofia Coppola's relationship to her father as her crumbling marriage.
On Sept. 13, the Duke Department of Romance Studies hosted Nicolas Mathieu, winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt (Goncourt Prize) for his novel “And Their Children After Them” (“Leurs Enfants Après Eux”), for a round-table conversation. The Prix Goncourt, often considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, includes such past winners as Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir and Marguerite Duras.
Fast fashion and single-wear outfits are inextricably tied to the festival and concert industry – and a major contributor to overconsumption.
Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film, re-released last month for its 20th anniversary, is violent, action-packed and extremely visceral – but "Oldboy" is so much more than the sheer shock value it provides.
Earlier this month, students observed mysterious bird-like sculptures strolling around Duke’s campus. What were these strange creatures, and who brought them here?
Ballet Ashani’s “Giovanni’s Room” is a poignant and fresh success that reimagines James Baldwin’s characters and brings life to present-day Paris.
Duke Arts Presents hosted its annual block party Sept. 5, highlighting their rebrand and kicking off Arts Week at Duke with a magical night of performances and activities.
While it occasionally strains under the weight of its admittedly bizarre core concept, “Fionna and Cake” makes it clear that the ingredients making “Adventure Time” special haven’t gone anywhere.