Jesse Eisenberg returns to filmmaking with his recent dramedy film “A Real Pain,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in January. The deeply moving story explores the importance of family with a lighthearted twist.
Director RaMell Ross and actress Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor ’92 discussed their upcoming film, “Nickel Boys,” in a Monday Q&A discussion moderated by Prudence Carter ’91, the director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America.
“Audiences know what to expect, and that is all they are prepared to believe in” is a central proposition of “Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,” but I certainly didn’t know what to expect when I arrived at the theater this past weekend. All brushed up on my Shakespeare quotes, I took ...
The art installation encourages passersby to see the world through the perspective of people with four visual conditions.
Stories focused on the experience of villains, rather than heroes, have become increasingly prevalent in Hollywood. The recently completed TV mini-series “Agatha All Along” is no exception to this trend.
Though the holiday is best known for the phrase “trick or treat,” it seems that Halloween is far more populated with treats than it is with tricks. October brings with it a slew of fun costumes, guilt-free candy binges, above average parties and most importantly, scary movies.
The University’s Cogut Institute for the Humanities screened the late Dariush Mehrjui’s critically acclaimed 1969 film “The Cow” on Monday.
After curating art shows at Brown RISD Hillel in his sophomore year, Jake Sheykhet ’25 took his artistic ability to Wriston Quad with a sukkah installation for the Sukkot holiday.
Charli xcx’s “BRAT,” the singer’s sixth studio album, is somewhat of a manifesto. The album launched a new mainstream aesthetic, describing a modern party girl — messy, but vulnerable, lovable, but confident.
Over the weekend, the Brown Arts Institute hosted “The 21st Century Orchestra,” a three-day contemporary music festival highlighting innovative orchestral music.
On Wednesday, community members gathered to watch “Power of the Dream,” a 2024 documentary by Dawn Porter following the WNBA’s historic 2016 and 2020 seasons and the Black Lives Matter movement. The event was part of “Our Storied Health,” a film and media series hosted by Brown’s Pandemic ...
Spy thrillers bring to mind a few things: beautiful women, brushed steel gadgetry and the inevitable “good guy” victory. "Slow Horses" gives these traditional spy thriller tropes the finger, then farts for good measure. Its fourth season, which premiered on Apple TV+ last month, is no exception, ...
The Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America unveiled “Alchemy,” the latest addition to its Imagining Social Justice Art Exhibit series, on Sept. 19. The exhibition features a collection of artworks portraying various interpretations of societal transformation.
At this year’s iteration of Il Cinema Ritrovato, the 1984 Indian film “Maya Miriga” was viewable for the first time in decades.
Whether or not they may have been avid DC Comics fans, viewers largely expected “Joker: Folie à Deux” to be chaotic, dysfunctional and endlessly entertaining. Yet, the film doesn’t live up to the legacies of the characters Joker and Harley Quinn — there is no delusion, almost no chaos and ultimately, ...
Artists Julie Tolentino and Stosh Fila performed the final live showing of HONEY as a part of the three-day Elemental Media Conference on Thursday. The showing was also presented by the IGNITE Series campus project, a Brown Arts Institute initiative.
The exhibit “Performing Colonial Toxicity” by writer, artist and historian Samia Henni kicked off the three-day Elemental Media Conference at Brown on Wednesday.
On Oct. 3, Netflix released the third season of the critically acclaimed series “Heartstopper,” based on Alice Oseman’s webcomic and graphic novel series of the same name. The new season adds a more serious and emotional element to the show’s narrative.
Last spring, the Brown Arts Institute launched a new initiative: student-led Public Art Tours. Offered every weekend until Nov. 17, the tours are each curated by student guides and provide historical background on some of Brown’s 30 most prominent pieces of public art.
Irish singer-songwriter Orla Gartland returns with the angsty, indie-rock elements she has become known for in her sophomore album, “Everybody Needs a Hero,” released on Oct. 4.
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