Black Panther is much more than just a superhero movie
By Amelia Marceau and Yahritzaliz Ortiz-Zayas
April 10, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Everyone, it seems, turns out to see Marvel Studios movies. They provide two hours for people to ignore the problems of the world with their favorite comic book characters, in a cinema landscape exploding with action and sci-fi gadgets. That’s why Black Panther utterly surprised us. After seeing a ...
Lady Bird is a real and moving portrait of teenage life
By Richard Chang, Features editor
March 2, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Greta Gerwig’s debut as a director, Lady Bird, is the story of Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, a high school student who wants to move to New York for college to get away from her mother and lower-class home in Sacramento, Calif. The movie takes place throughout her senior year, when Christine...
The Shape of Water rises to the surface
By Yahritzaliz Ortiz-Zayas, Staff writer
January 26, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
The nominees for the 90th Academy Awards were announced Tuesday and, in a year long in search of a front-runner, The Shape of Water emerged as the film to beat. Guillermo del Toro’s modern fable snagged 13 nominations, including for Best Picture and Best Director. It left the movie one short of...
The Post is a celebration of free speech and truth
By Richard Chang, Features editor
January 19, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
I was surprised when I walked into the auditorium to find that I was clearly the youngest person there to watch Steven Spielberg’s latest film, The Post. Is there nobody, I thought to myself, who cares about this important moment in recent American history that made such an impact on how the governm...
As long as the blockbuster formula works, don’t expect art
By Christopher Saunders, Entertainment editor
January 18, 2018
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away ... filmmakers used to care about making quality films. Today, studios seem only to care about making as much money as possible. There is no questioning the box office power of the latest Star Wars incarnation, Star Wars VII: The Last Jedi. As of Tuesday, th...
Looking back a half century to the start of musical greatness
By Andrew Fehribach and Steven Richardson
April 12, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
What do David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, The Grateful Dead, The Doors, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, and The Velvet Underground all have in common? Each of them had debut albums exactly 50 years ago. 1967 was a year of great releases from landmark bands and solo musicians. Although not necessarily the best w...
AMSA Drama Society entertains with classic adventure
By Clarice Pavlak, Features editor
February 17, 2017
Filed under Arts & Entertainment
Ancient Greek mythology is a common source of action and adventure tales that never fail to entertain. Timeless stories of mythical beings and glorious conquests testing the strength and courage of mortals draw attention from audiences of all kinds. On Dec. 10, the AMSA Drama Society successfully put ...
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