Action movies don’t get much credit in the film world. They’re regarded mainly as aesthetic pieces, with an emphasis on dynamic car chases rather than deeper meeting. Conflict is typically reduced to a black-and-white binary, and the overarching plot is usually predictable. Complexity of feeling ...
The first season of creator Chris Van Dusen and producer Shonda Rhimes’s “Bridgerton” quickly became a sensation after it aired on Netflix in December 2020 — what it lacked in sheer cinematic prowess, it made up for with sex. The appeal was not purely sensational, as a previous Herald review ...
Nowadays, before a movie is even released, there is typically a long marketing campaign telling as many people as possible about the plot of the given film. Because of that, when a film is released without much public knowledge of its content but with an army of hype behind it, it is a treat to be ...
On April 2, UNESCO confirmed damage to at least 53 Ukrainian cultural sites since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of the country on Feb. 24. In a statement ...
Students, alumni and parents crowded into the Salomon Center’s DECI Auditorium Saturday night to watch the Brown Badmaash Dance Company — the University’s South Asian fusion dance team — perform their annual spring show for the first time in nearly three years. The performance was titled ...
This year, M. Night Shyamalan’s thriller series “Servant” returned to Apple TV in an episodic fashion. Starting in late January, segments of the show’s third season were released every week, culminating in a shocking finale at the end of March. Viewers followed as the show’s plot revealed ...
After a month-long run at the RISD Museum’s Gelman Gallery, the inaugural Black Biennial exhibition is entering its closing weekend. Co-curated by Rey Londres, a RISD senior, and Melaine Ferdinand-King GS, the show features the works of over 80 Black artists from the Providence community and will ...
Three Polynesian women donning grass skirts and flowers on their heads dance gracefully on a lush green field. An 18th-century European man in full military garb works on a desk by the waterfront. A mother crouches in the grass and comforts her young son, rocking him back and forth.
In a discussion hosted by the Brown Women's Network, a panel of female University alums and parents discussed their careers in television, film and media, as well as the importance of female mentorship.
By day, the Underground of the Stephen Robert ’62 Campus Center serves as a meeting place for students interested in cheap coffee and high-decibel, trendy music. But every other Wednesday night, the Spotify playlists are paused and tables are pushed to the side to make space for jazz aficionados, ...
Even before they started, the odds didn’t seem in favor of this year's Grammy Awards. The original date of the ceremony was first postponed from Jan. 31 due to the influx of Omicron in the United States. More recently, J-Hope and Jungkook from the world-famous boy band BTS, who were set to ...
It was the slap heard around the world. Following the March 27 show, Will Smith's slap has completely taken over the popular news cycle. Celebrities from Jim Carrey to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar came out to condemn the slap and the producer of the whole ceremony, Will Packer, went on a mini media tour to ...
In A24’s newest slasher horror “X,” Director Ti West gives the trope of a snarly, cannibalistic, white-shift-wearing old lady — which has been featured in films such as “Paranormal Activity,” “Legion,” “It Follows” and “The Visit” — a new spin. It will do well to not spoil ...
After almost two and a half years, music sensation Harry Styles has released a new song — “As It Was” — and an accompanying music video Thursday night. This is the lead single off of his new album “Harry’s House” that is set for release on May 20. The album and “As It ...
At a Thursday night Brown Concert Agency release party that stretched into Friday, an auditorium full of students waited eagerly in Sayles Hall to hear who would headline the first in-person Spring Weekend in three years. At midnight, BCA unveiled a video announcing its star-studded lineup, with ...
Since 2018, Netflix has produced a consistent slate of rom-coms and teen coming-of-age movies, from “The Kissing Booth” to “Sierra Burgess is a Loser.” While some are more well-known than others, ultimately these films have come to be a new category of binge-worthy teen comfort films. ...
Eight episodes are simply not enough when it comes to season four of “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” which aired on Amazon Prime Video Feb. 18. The third season ended with an epic cliffhanger: The protagonist and stand-up virtuoso Miriam “Midge” Maisel (Rachel Brosnahan) is fired from her largest ...
On Friday night, Musical Forum’s production of Jonathan Larson’s “RENT” hit the stage of Alumnae Hall. It began with a spotlight on Mark Cohen, played by Anna Davis ’24, who made her way down the aisle that divided the audience in two. Transforming Mark — traditionally a ...
Shakespeare on the Green’s production of “Julius Caesar” ran March 17 to 20 at the Solomon Center. Directed by Emily Mayo ’24, the show revived Shakespeare’s timeless play in the unique setting of a women’s college. Mayo had the vision for this production since she played ...
After several pandemic-related delays, the Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art unveiled “Drawing Closer” to the public. The show opened March 13 and will remain on view until Sept. 4. “Drawing Closer” pays “special attention to the materials” and their relationship ...
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