Arts & Culture
The Off-Meal-Plan Plan: Monthly experiments in eating on a budget
By Jennifer Chen | January 24Hello dear Herald readers,
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Review
‘Wonka’ takes viewers into a world of pure imagination
By Rya Vallabhaneni | January 23Movie musicals often find themselves in a difficult position in today's cinematic landscape. While attempting to toe the line between Broadway productions and full-scale Hollywood films, most veer too far in either direction. When famous actors — such as “La La Land’s” Ryan Gosling or Emma Stone ...
Review
‘Society of the Snow’ offers a deeper, emotional take on survival story
By Isabel Hahn | January 23On the precipice between life and death, the discoveries one makes about oneself can be earth-shattering. Spanish director J. A. Bayona’s 2023 survival film “Society of the Snow” — adapted from Pablo Vierci’s 2009 book and nominated for “Best International Feature Film” at this year’s ...
Science & Research
To the Moon and back: How artists at Brown are repurposing decades-old film of the Moon
By Tom Li | December 5Artists from the Brown Arts Institute launched the Moon Design Challenge, encouraging students to repurpose lunar film negatives sourced at the Creative Reuse Center of Rhode Island.
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Grace Chen ’24 builds bridge between traditional art forms, digital design
By Cavan Agatone | December 3When Grace Chen ’24 is struck by artistic inspiration, she can envision the final product before she begins working.
Metro
Symposium Books plans celebrations for 20 years in Providence
By Rebecca Weng | November 30Symposium Books, an independent bookstore in downtown Providence, is looking forward to celebrating its 20th anniversary in 2024.
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‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes’ revives glory days of dystopian films
By Daphne Dluzniewski | November 29The latest installment of “The Hunger Games” franchise, “The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes” was released Nov. 17 and has led North American box office sales for two weekends since.
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‘I Meant It Once’ by Kate Doyle ’12 has thematic depth, not breadth
By Liliana Greyf | November 29Kate Doyle ’12’s debut short story series “I Meant It Once” has deliberate, thoughtful narratives that accompany its youthful characters.
Arts & Culture
Hayao Miyazaki continues to shine with ‘The Boy and the Heron’
By Finn Kirkpatrick | November 28Hayao Miyazaki’s “The Boy and the Heron” serves as an energetic, fantastical adventure and a fitting self-tribute to Miyazaki’s entire career.
Review
Aesthetic thriller ‘Saltburn’ bites off more than it can chew
By Ned Kennedy | November 27Emerald Fennell’s 2023 film “Saltburn” is an aesthetically rich tale of wealth, status and manipulation. While entertaining and gorgeously shot, the film ultimately falls into the trap of devoting more attention to aesthetics than substance.
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PinkPantheress establishes musical voice with debut album ‘Heaven knows’
By Isabel Hahn | November 27In “Heaven knows,” PinkPantheress embraces a more polished sound, while still protecting her loveable authenticity.
Review
Nathan Fielder goes deeper down the rabbit hole in ‘The Curse’
By Finn Kirkpatrick | November 26Nathan Fielder continues on with making strange and cringe-inducing television with "The Curse."
Arts & Culture
Indie-folk artist Searows works through bittersweet nostalgia with haunting new EP
By Daphne Dluzniewski | November 26On Nov. 10, indie-folk artist Searows released his EP “End Of The World.” Wistful and nostalgic, the songs pose as vignettes of a life once forgotten.
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Anime Video Game Ensemble marches to beat of own drum
By Kate Butts | November 21The Anime Video Game Ensemble promotes community and accessibility through non-traditional classical music.
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Hirokazu Kore-eda masterfully chronicles childhood, familial drama in ‘Monster’
By Finn Kirkpatrick | November 19Film excels in its experimentation with narrative form
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AMST 1700X returns for Fall 2023, offers new insights on action films
By Cavan Agatone | November 16For the first time since 2014, AMST 1700X: “Global Macho: Race, Gender and Action Movies” returned to the Brown course catalog for the Fall 2023 semester.
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‘The Killer’: an aesthetically marvelous bore
By Finn Kirkpatrick | November 15Few things are more popular right now than stories about murder. Whether about Jeffrey Dahmer or Ted Bundy, narratives of soulless killers are some of the most consistently popular pieces of media. But oftentimes, those stories result in sensationalized depictions that glamorize killing and desensitize ...
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‘The Morning Show’ turns up the drama in Season 3
By Sahil Balani | November 13Season 3 of ‘The Morning Show’ builds a highly dramatic and entertaining watch — successfully integrating major news stories with its characters.
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Sofia Coppola’s ‘Priscilla’ offers fresh perspective on relationship between Priscilla, Elvis
By Ned Kennedy | November 12Film smartly approaches Elvis’s marriage from Priscilla’s point of view
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‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ doesn’t live up to chilling source material
By Matthew Shabino | November 9“Five Nights at Freddy’s” offers an underwhelming and unscary adaptation of the cult classic horror game.
