Like many of their artistic peers, famous composers are commonly panned as egocentric monomaniacs obsessed with their own genius. To challenge this myth, Duke professor Thomas Brothers recently published “Help! The Beatles, Duke Ellington and the Magic of Collaboration,” a new book dedicated to the methods of collective composition.
When Netflix abruptly cancelled its award-winning original program “American Vandals” shortly after its well-received second season, there was understandable confusion.
Hasan Minhaj’s "Patriot Act" is not original. The show is one of dozens populating the now bloated late night talk show format. But what the show lacks in originality, it makes up for in being sharper, funnier and more engaging than most of its competitors.
Parents and teachers should always hope for the best in their children — an improvement from who they were and who they became. But what if that hope for improvement transforms into an attempt to control every aspect of an individual’s life, making them into the mirror image of what they hoped they could become?
Jee-Woon Kim’s 2003 horror film “A Tale of Two Sisters,” juxtaposes beautiful images of a rustic landscape and gory illusions of tortured ghosts.
At the end of each year going back at least to early high school, I’ve compiled a master playlist of my favorite songs of the year. Early on, as the aspiring music critic I was (at least in my head), these tended to be attempts at the definitive “best-of” list, the rankings dictated as much by what I felt I should enjoy as by what I actually did.
We hold this truth to be self-evident: not all fries are created equal.
As students at Duke, we are asked to read many books. Sometimes, it can take the fun out of reading.
Fall marks recruiting season at Duke, with financial and consulting firms making offers for summer interns and full-time positions. Students with a stronger interest in creative fields often feel left out among friends returning from the summer with full time job offers.
Given the towering dominance of Hollywood in the modern age of film-making, it seems quite improbable that a production from a smaller European genre cinema could have an everlasting impact on America’s cultural memory.
Halloween is upon us, and with the holiday comes classics in film, TV shows, music and books. The Recess staff selected some of the spookiest media to enjoy on All Hallows Eve:
Halloween is the perfect day to spend time with friends, eat lots of candy and junk food and dress up in spooky costumes. Since Halloween falls on a Wednesday this year, some students have been looking for ways to celebrate the holiday on campus.
After requests for over a decade, one of the most popular Halloween cult classics of all time is coming to the Carolina Theatre this Halloween.
Adidas Originals tread against the pavement as Wu-Tang Clan vibrates through the air. Skateboards hold kids who seemingly glide through the boundless boulevard, unearthed in the haze of the sunset.
The theater has no fourth wall. Although meta humor and fourth wall smashing have become staples of movies, television and other mediums in an attempt to refresh otherwise hackneyed tropes by pointing them out to the audience, theater has been making use of these devices for decades.
After more than two years, Daredevil finally returns with a third season and a new vitality. When we last saw Matthew Murdock (Charlie Cox), a.k.a Daredevil, he had been put through the ringer.
There are 10 most commonly celebrated holidays in the United States — among those are of course Thanksgiving, Valentine’s Day and Christmas. They all boast their customary frivolities: turkeys, trees, chocolates — but never have I been excited by these marked dates.
On Saturday, Duke students, faculty and members of the Durham community gathered at the Nasher Museum of Art to hear Amy Sherald, who painted the official portrait of the former First Lady for the National Portrait Gallery, deliver the annual Rothschild Lecture.
It’s a nondescript pale yellow warehouse building on Dillard St., about a 15 minute walk off East Campus. There’s a couple cars parked outside, some stuffed animals stuck to an area of the wall, and a ramp leading up to the door. By the stuffed animals, there’s a small sign that says, “The Fruit.”
Vinyl records, cassette tapes and CDs. What was once a dying method for music listening is now finding a new light in everything from hipster undergrounds to teen bedrooms.
