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 ...
On Sunday, Feb. 13, Providence Art Club opened its College Scholarship Exhibition at the Club’s Dodge House Gallery. The exhibition, on display through March 4, features work made by students from colleges across Rhode Island.
The announcement of the 94th Academy Award nominations, a time-honored tradition, took place Feb. 8. The art of predicting Oscar nominations has become a hard-tuned science, but this year, things were a bit more unpredictable.
Recently, audiences have argued that some of the most popular young adult TV shows like Euphoria should not be set in high school due to their mature nature. Instead, they contend that for a more realistic take on teen sexuality, more shows of the genre should take place in an older setting. ...
As the end credits roll on Joachim Trier’s “The Worst Person in the World,” the viewer’s first thought might fall along the lines of “that film lied to me.” To be clear, this is no Watergate-level nefarious lie. It’s an innocent falsehood that makes the truth even better. This deception ...
The inaugural Southwest Asian and North African Film Series at Brown, hosted by four student organizations, kicked off last week at the Salomon Center. The series includes weekly film screenings and student discussions. The series is a collaboration between the SWANA Heritage Series, Brown Iranian ...
A computer with a camera programmed to follow the retinas of the person standing before it; a collection of multicolored glass crabs; a silver coffee percolator — these are only a few examples of the art pieces presented at the 14th Annual Brown and RISD Dual Degree Exhibition. Showing at the Granoff ...
A group of student photographers and creators announced the launch of The Optic — a new campus publication — in an Instagram post Feb. 3. It was founded to serve as the University’s only magazine dedicated to photography. Founders Mason Lane Rudnick ’25 and Natasha Joukowsky ’22 said they ...
From “And Just Like That” to “iCarly,” reboots and revivals have been taking the TV streaming world by storm. One of the latest and most anticipated shows has been HBO Max’s revival of the late-2000s hit show “Gossip Girl.”
Tucked inside the Rockefeller Gallery for Asian Art on the fourth floor of the Rhode Island School of Design Museum, a dimly lit room reveals 15 small Japanese woodblock prints. Opening last Friday and on view until July 31, “Striking Chords” opens into the lives of those living in Edo-period ...
“The Lost Daughter” is one of those films that prides itself on making viewers uncomfortable. In its sparse dialogue, long close-up camera shots and uneasy glances between characters, it has found a way to glue audience members to their seats. Anticipation buzzes around every scene as a hazy ...
As part of a long-standing collaboration with renowned violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, Providence-based art initiative FirstWorks put on his newest multimedia project “The Seeing” at the WaterFire ...
“The vitality of language lies in its ability to limn the actual, imagined and possible lives of its speakers, readers, writers ... It arcs toward the place where meaning may lie.” Giving her Nobel lecture at the Nobel Prize award ceremony in 1993, Toni Morrison (1931-2019) taught readers about ...
“Emily in Paris” should have been comfort food. Shows like “Bridgerton,” “The Great British Bake Off” and “Ted Lasso” all serve the important function of Cinnabon television: no nutritional value, but richly deserved after a hard day’s work. But “Emily in Paris” is too bland ...
“So what do you think really happened out there?” This burning inquiry — posed by a journalist (Rekha Sharma) in the opening lines of the pilot — reveals the crux of Showtime’s standout show “Yellowjackets,” an eclectic mix of survivalist story, family drama and horror — all ...
On Tuesday, the Department of Literary Arts hosted a virtual presentation and conversation with writer, performer and artist Rosamond S. King. The event was the second in a series of five virtual readings and presentations from distinguished artists and writers organized by the department for the ...
On Jan. 11, the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, in conjunction with the Rhode Island Historical Preservation and Heritage Commission and Governor Dan McKee, rolled out a series of capital grants totaling $3.46 million to 42 arts and cultural organizations across the state. Among the beneficiaries ...
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