ARTS
Cosmopolitan
"Swallow," "Midsommar," and Women in Modern Horror
Male directors continue to butcher female characters in horror films like "Swallow" and "Midsommar."
August 7, 2020
VG 247
"The Last of Us Part II" Review: A Discussion on Selfishness, Violence, Perspective, and the LGBTQ+ Community
"The Last of Us Part II" brings a sense of humanity to an otherwise violent video game with its astounding graphics; its controversial storyline, too, brings its players to reflect on the lesson of forgiveness.
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July 31, 2020
NBC News
Taylor Swift Takes Us to Another World with "Folklore"
Taylor Swift’s storytelling capabilities come to the forefront in Folklore, her newest album.
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July 31, 2020
Todd Rosenberg
Audience Goes Batty Over Northwestern Bienen’s Acerbically Funny "Die Fledermaus"
Northwestern University's rendition of Bienen’s "Die Fledermaus" stuns audiences before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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July 31, 2020
Hollywood Reporter
"You Should Have Left"? Me Too.
"You Should Have Left" struggles to elevate its mundane problems to real-world conversations, falling short of the gravitas of serious horror.
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July 15, 2020
Bloody Disgusting
Kevin Bacon Talks Shop on Horror
Actor Kevin Bacon dives into the influences and experiences behind his newest project, You Should Have Left, while reflecting on his career and past projects in horror.
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July 14, 2020
Wikipedia
Prisons Are Obsolete
Angela Davis’s seminal work on prison abolition remains just as poignant in our present political moment as it was when it first came out in 2003.
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July 8, 2020
Harvard Bookstore
From a White Perspective, "White Fragility" is Fragile
While at times insightful, "White Fragility"’s deceivingly simple argument is tinged by the tone of a white savior.
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June 26, 2020
Boston Globe
Judd Apatow and the Everyday Appeal of Staten Island
Judd Apatow sits down with The Maroon to talk "Staten Island," working with Pete Davidson, and the appeal of lost souls in everyday life.
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June 26, 2020
Universal Pictures
"The King of Staten Island" Review: For Pete Davidson, It’s Not Easy Being a King
"The King of Staten Island" is Judd Apatow's latest film, balancing humor with heavier topics of family death, depression, and grief.
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June 23, 2020
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Art Around for Black Lives Matter
A (nowhere near exhaustive) list of ways the UChicago community can support Black Lives Matter, ranging from YouTube videos to Black-owned local businesses to student artist commissions.
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June 19, 2020
Statement from the Arts Editors: Black Lives Matter.
The Arts Editors reaffirm their support for the Black Lives Matter movement.
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June 19, 2020
KC Bailey / Netflix
A Queer Film That Doesn’t Do Things by Halves
Netflix’s "The Half of It" stumbles here and there, but a unique aesthetic style and loveable characters ultimately make for an entertaining coming-of-age story.
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June 7, 2020
Statement from the Editors
The Arts Editors reaffirm their mission amid the events of the past weekend.
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June 3, 2020
Polygon
"Clone Wars": The Siege of Mandalore Is Our Binary Sunset
In the second of two "Star Wars: The Clone Wars" reviews, we witness the chilling end of the Siege of Mandalore arc and say our goodbyes to the Skywalker Saga.
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June 2, 2020
Rolling Stone
The 1975’s "Notes on a Conditional Form": A Remarkably Timely New Album
The 1975’s long-awaited new album examines the intricacies of human existence in many musical genres.
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June 2, 2020
Lex Merico
Noah Cyrus Breaks Free in "The End of Everything"
The 1975’s new album, "Notes on a Conditional Form," is ambitious in both magnitude and scope; the band succeeds in delivering their truest record yet.
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June 1, 2020
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