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New miniseries ‘Being Gordon Ramsay’ is gripping, but starkly removed from reality

By Amelia Barter | February 25

The six-episode Netflix show chronicles the celebrity chef’s latest business venture.

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Pop…or something: Hilary Duff’s latest album is not what dreams are made of

By Ann Gray Golpira | February 24

Last Friday, actress, philanthropist and singer-songwriter Hilary Duff released her sixth studio album, “luck… or something,” which is almost as haphazard as its title. Despite a few standout songs, the album is an awkward attempt to distance Duff from her Disney Channel roots.

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Fusion Dance Company’s spring show is subtle, powerful

By Timothy Ro | February 24

Fusion Dance Company’s 42nd annual spring show “Crush” featured nearly 30 performances.

Photo from "Tell Me Lies" showing character Lucy Albright (Grace Van Patten) and Alex (Costa D'Angelo) in room with red lighting.

With series finale, ‘Tell Me Lies’ spoils its hypnotic darkness

By Rebecca Goodman | February 23

The third and final season of Meaghan Oppenheimer’s Hulu series concluded last week.

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Mumford and Sons’s newest album, ‘Prizefighter,’ is a melancholy but merry masterpiece

By Talia LeVine | February 23

The 14-track album features five collaborations that compliment the band’s original sound.

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‘How to Get to Heaven from Belfast’ is as absurd as it is entertaining

By Talia LeVine | February 22

The show follows a trio of childhood friends as they attempt to investigate a death.

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Review

A24’s ‘Eternity’ asks an impossible question: First love or last?

By Timothy Ro | February 19

The film features powerful cast performances and a nuanced emotional conflict.

Review

Charli xcx’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ album is a masterclass in production

By Alyssia Ouhocine | February 18

The companion album to Emerald Fennell’s ‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation is sensual and atmospheric.

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Review

‘Wuthering Heights’ adaptation swerves dangerously from its text

By Amelia Barter | February 17

Directed by Emerald Fennell, the film offers a harmfully whitewashed depiction of a nuanced novel.

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Review

Sadness never lasts forever on Searows’s ‘Death in the Business of Whaling’

By Alyssia Ouhocine | February 13

Searows turns pain into the poetic on the fantastical “Death in the Business of Whaling.”

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Arts & Culture

‘After Hours: Annual Staff Art Exhibition’ illuminates the creative talents of University staff

By Amelia Barter | February 13

The exhibit opened on Jan. 31 and is on display through Friday.

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Review

With ‘Don’t be Dumb,’ A$AP Rocky makes a poignant, experimental comeback

By Ava Schelling | February 13

After an eight-year hiatus, Rocky offers fans a genre-bending, emotionally complex album.

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Arts & Culture

62 drawings from Israeli, Palestinian children on display at Simmons Center

By Timothy Ro | February 11

The new exhibition, “Innocent Knowledge,” will be on display in the Ruth J. Simmons Center from Jan. 26 through Feb 20.

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Arts & Culture

Pottery@Brown unveils debut exhibition ‘Sculpting our Presence’

By Kendra Eastep | February 10

Co-sponsored by the Brown Arts Institute, the exhibition features roughly a dozen sculptures from several student artists.

Arts & Culture

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance equal parts political statement, dance party

By Talia LeVine | February 9

The performance featured guest stars Lady Gaga and Ricky Martin.

A photo shows Joel Edgerton as Robert Grainier, a bearded logger framed in the center of train tracks surrounded by trees.

Arts & Culture

‘Train Dreams’ is a simple yet visually triumphant portrait of love and labor in the early 20th century

By Rebecca Goodman | February 8

The film is an adaptation of the eponymous novella by Denis Johnson.

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Review

From tacky soundbites to soothing melodies, three girl groups’ singles set this year’s pop scene

By Kendra Eastep | February 6

Girl groups across the globe set the tone for another year of pop music with new singles.

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Arts & Culture

‘I left the room and it came with me’ showcases the talent of the Brown-RISD Dual Degree community

By Amelia Barter | February 5

The Brown-RISD Dual Degree program’s newest exhibition, “I left the room and it came with me,” demonstrates the tight-knit nature of the program.

Sinners movie poster. On bottom is an ominous building surrounded by figures, in the middle a guitar floats containing each of the main characters and on the top a man’s eyes glow with the whole poster burning with red.

Review

What ‘Sinners’ lacks in jump scares, it makes up for in its nuanced depiction of evil

By Timothy Ro | February 3

Ryan Coogler’s “Sinners” suggests that evil exists on a spectrum.

Still from the movie Hamnet, with William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) in a gray open button up and Agnes Shakespeare (Jessie Buckley) in a red dress and loose brown hair facing each other in a lush green forest.

Review

Steeped in tragedy, ‘Hamnet’ soars

By Rebecca Goodman | February 3

The film’s triumph rests on the shoulders of its tremendous cast.

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