Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Photo courtesy of WalkerStalkerCon, Flickr Creative Commons Despite the deliberate mystery surrounding its development – up until its release, Adam Wingard’s latest film went by the purposefully vague title, “The Woods” – moviegoers should not have been surprised by the sudden arrival of “Blair Witch” in theaters. Contemporary Hollywood’s commitment […]
Photo Courtesy of LBJ Foundation, Wikipedia Despite his age – he turns 56 this year – Texan director Richard Linklater has not forgotten the spirit of his younger days: his latest endeavor, “Everybody Wants Some!!,” is a wonderful depiction of college life characterized by a joyous lust for life. Taking […]
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda The words of William Shakespeare melded with modern performance art Monday night, as New York City-based actor and US Army veteran Stephan Wolfert performed “Cry Havoc.” Wolfert's one-man play chronicled the experiences of combat veterans before a large audience in the Berrie Center’s Sharp Theater. The […]
Photo Courtesy of Steffany Díazwki, Wikipedia Filmed entirely from a first-person perspective, “Hardcore Henry” is a bizarre, bloodthirsty mess of an action-adventure movie, handicapped by uneven writing and a propensity to place style over substance of any kind. The Russian-American production follows the exploits of the eponymous Henry, an amnesiac cyborg […]
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda West Coast rapper and producer Kid Ink headlined Ramapo’s spring concert Saturday night, filling the Bradley Center with loud club beats and bright lights, as he performed a 90-minute set featuring some of his most popular songs, including “Show Me” and “Promise.” Ink’s concert opened with […]
Photo by Pauline Park The sound of Cuba filled Friends Hall Monday, as celebrated Cuban drummer Román Díaz and his band performed a lively set celebrating Ramapo’s Year of Latin America, which coincides with President Obama’s historic tour of the island nation. Díaz, a stateside champion of traditional Cuban music […]
Photo courtesy of Eva Rinaldi, Wiki While reductive retellings of fairytale princesses and their boy problems are Disney’s most recognizable stock-in-trade, the monolithic corporation is built upon a collection of original characters – i.e., Mickey Mouse and his cohort of anthropomorphized animal friends. Disney returns to its talking-animal roots with its […]
Photo by Giancarlo Sepulveda The depiction of minorities in the media and the struggles of raising money for a film production were some of the topics discussed Monday in the Pavilion, when award-winning author Uzodinma Iweala spoke with students and faculty in the latest installment of the College’s Readings at […]
Photo Courtesy of Gage Skidmore, Flickr Creative Commons Like the titular character’s infamous monster, “Victor Frankenstein” is made of recycled parts: references to previous big screen adaptations of Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel abound within the film’s two-hour runtime and the steampunk-inspired visual aesthetics of the movie have been cribbed from […]
Photo by Emily Filocco The College Programming Board made themselves busy in Friends Hall on Friday preparing for their Slam Poetry event. “I completely forgot about this bad mamma-jamma,” junior Chris Cortez said, lugging a speaker across the room. At the back of the hall, others were laying out refreshments […]
