Author: AMANDA KRAUSE

Futuristic Festival Pushes on Despite Inclement Weather

Photo Courtesy of Mixtribe, Wikipedia “TommorrowWorld” has quickly become one of the largest and most lucrative music festivals in the country, owing its success to increased interest in electronic dance music (EDM) and its appeal to a market of free-spirited 20-somethings. Its inaugural year in 2013 brought in around 140,000 […]

Local Vendors Treat Students to Mahwah Cuisine

Photo by Angelica Pasquali On Friday, Sept. 18, some may have noticed a large number of students finding their way to Friends Hall at around 10 p.m. No, there wasn’t a party going on; however, there was an impressive amount of students lined up for the College Programming Board’s “A […]

Emmys Adjust to Influx in Celebrated TV

Photo Courtesy of Red Carpet on Mingle Media TV, Flickr Creative Commons The 67th Primetime Emmys reflected another busy year in high quality television series. As television programs become more diverse and competition becomes stiffer, seeing seven or eight nominees for each category will become commonplace. Andy Samberg, hosting the […]

Gangster Biopic Amasses Buzz, Cast Steals Show

Photo Courtesy of Angela George, Wikimedia Commons Johnny Depp has long been in a creative slump, his career kept afloat only by the goodwill of audiences who remember the early days, before Depp became a makeup-caked caricature starring almost exclusively in the productions of Tim Burton and Jerry Bruckheimer. “Black […]

‘The Visit’ Leaves Quality Writing at the Door

Photo courtesy of BollywoodHungamawikimedia, Flickr Creative Commons Director M. Night Shyamalan has presented the box office with yet another mainstream thriller movie, “The Visit.” Rooted in the difficult family situation of a single mother and her two children, the film follows young Tyler (Ed Oxenbould) and his older sister Becca (Olivia […]

Toronto Film Festival Precursor to Oscar Success

Photo courtesy of Siebbi, Flickr Creative Commons The largest film festival in the world, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), kicked off on Thursday with plenty of buzz provided by largely independent productions. The public festival has become one of the most prestigious of its kind and noted as the first […]