Through both the creativity of gameplay mechanics and their immersive decision making processes, video games have always been an exciting world to draw the latest blockbuster from. So it’s no surprise that one of last month’s most anticipated releases was an adaptation of a video game series ...
Mezcla — Brown/RISD’s Latinx dance troupe — opened their doors around 6:15 p.m. on March 3 to welcome viewers to Alumnae Hall for their first show since 2020. An hour later, there was not one empty seat in the house. Attended by an audience of over 300 at each performance, Mezcla’s ...
One of the first in-person events for the Painting Department at the Rhode Island School of Design since the COVID-19 pandemic began, “Painting 1” celebrates RISD seniors’ artwork while challenging traditional definitions of painting. Installed at RISD’s Woods-Gerry Gallery, ...
After watching “King Richard,” many audience members might come out of the film feeling like they’ve seen it before. Although the content of the film is novel, as the story of Venus and Serena Williams has never been told from their father’s point of view, its overarching theme is decidedly ...
Back in June 2019, a new show aired on HBO. With dazzling lights, eccentric makeup, gripping storylines and a side of superb acting, “Euphoria” immediately drew in a young adult audience — a switch from the traditional Gen ...
When Netflix released the first season of “Love Is Blind” in February 2020 — a reality TV show where couples meet and “date” without seeing each other until they are in love enough to get engaged — the idea of bonding with someone from two separate rooms seemed unimaginable. But, two ...
“People fool themselves.” It is this chilling truth that overshadows the fatalistic trajectories of fallible characters in Guillermo del Toro’s Oscar-nominated melodrama, “Nightmare Alley,” a remake of the classic 1947 noir based on William Lindsay Gresham’s novel of the same name. ...
In his latest directorial endeavor, Jude Sandy ’05 MFA’09 is helming Providence-based Trinity Repertory Company’s production of August Wilson’s “Gem of the Ocean.” The play is the first of ten in Wilson’s “American Century Cycle,” a series of plays each detailing the African American ...
When making a movie, “why” is a question that should be asked constantly. Why are the characters doing what they are doing? Why should this movie be made? Why should the audience care? The whys of “Don’t Look Up” are all over the place.
On Saturday night, Production Workshop’s performance art piece “VIBRATIONS” opened at the PW downspace. The hour-long experimental show, which closes tonight, explores the different ways the body experiences sound and music by depicting a series of dream sequences.
The first episode of “Jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,” “act i: VISION,” was released on Netflix Feb. 16. The three-part documentary film series follows the life and career of Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, as he makes his rise to fame. Directed by filmmakers Coodie (Clarence Simmons Jr.) and ...
In 1979, August Wilson made history when he wrote his first version of the play “Jitney.” He didn’t know at the time that this play would launch the 10-part series that would turn him into who The New York Times deemed “theater’s poet of Black America.” The 10 ...
Comedian John Mulaney hosted “Saturday Night Live” for the fifth time in an especially funny episode Feb. 26. After hosting in April 2018, March 2019, February 2020 and October 2020, he is one of three hosts in SNL history to achieve this honor in less than four years. To make matters even more ...
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Every generation has its defining coming-of-age movies. Classics like “Dead Poets Society” and “Perks of Being a Wallflower” are hallmarks in cinematic history with their sad but compelling storylines that capture the angst of the teenage years. With its complex portrayal of the consequences ...
As the spring semester begins, so does the internship search for students across campus. While many students interested in fields like business and tech may have already secured internships, the job search process for students interested in creative industries can present unique challenges. ...
Over six decades ago, four of the greatest minds in musical theater joined forces to stage an “experiment” that would become a living, breathing force transcending both stage and screen. 64 years after playwright Arthur Laurents, composer Leonard Bernstein, choreographer Jerome Robbins ...
It’s surprising to witness director Kenneth Branagh — famous for films like “Hamlet” (1996) and “Henry V” (1989) — create a deeply personal film full of intimate childhood memories. At its core, “Belfast” beats with a slow-thumping pathos that could fill any room with “aws.” ...
A girl swipes right on an attractive Israeli man on Tinder. It’s a match! The two talk on the app and then begin messaging through WhatsApp. After a romantic and glamorous first date at London’s Four Seasons Hotel, he invites her to travel with him to Bulgaria in his private jet that very day. ...
What sets director Jane Campion’s work apart is the film’s ability to string together a thoughtfully crafted series of events to tell a full-bodied story from beginning to end. Every action has a purpose; each piece of dialogue is delivered with an underlying aim.
What do you do when you feel like you’re running out of time? When all of your friends have their lives together and you’re still barely aware of your weekend plans? You can’t help but doubt whether every decision you make toward your ambitions is correct. Directed by Lin-Manuel Miranda and ...
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