The first musical of its kind, "Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical" sends a message that truly, anyone can theatre.
January 19, 2021
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Arts reporter Timmy Lee talks gorgeous cinematography, detailed worldbuilding, and Disney's obsession with nostalgia and deus ex machina in the second season of "The Mandalorian."
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January 13, 2021
No longer trying to be “the college version of Vogue,” MODA’s new online magazine and podcast aim to stray from industry standards.
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January 11, 2021
Arts contributor Tomás Miriti Pacheco explores how the melodic mumbler Lil Yachty became the face of rap’s next outlandish scene.
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January 11, 2021
“I loved it, so I made everyone else in [Graham House] join,” UChicago Poll Party! co-creator Alice Breternitz explained, her polling passion palpable in her voice. “I’m in 14 different Poll Parties, and I love voting.”
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January 7, 2021
"All My Life" is a Thanksgiving movie: you cry a bit and think about love a bit while you watch, and then you move on and forget about it.
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December 28, 2020
In a conversation with The Maroon and other college papers, "All My Life" costars Jessica Rothe and Harry Shum Jr. discussed their recent film, lessons learned from COVID–19, and appreciating the little moments.
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December 28, 2020
Scholars from across the country come together to discuss assistant professor Timothy Harrison’s first book, "Coming To: Consciousness and Natality in Early Modern England," at a Seminary Co-Op event.
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December 27, 2020
When a performance is distorted by these unfortunate conditions, by what standards should we judge it? Perhaps it is best to simply start with the basics. Then again, the basics of "Leopoldstadt" are anything but.
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December 19, 2020
The Arts Editors wish everyone happy and safe holidays through our list of which holiday movies to stream and which disasters to strictly avoid.
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December 10, 2020
British rock star Yungblud shares with The Maroon the core anthem of his sophomore album "Weird!": “Our generation is changing shit…. Being yourself isn’t a fucking sin…. That’s what this album is about.”
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December 10, 2020
Nossel, a former member of the Obama administration and the current CEO of PEN America, promotes an individualized approach to securing our own, and others' right to speak freely in the U.S. in her new book "Dare to Speak."
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December 3, 2020
The genius of "The Queen’s Gambit" is its versatility. It tackles addiction without being an addiction drama, the drama of sport without being a sports drama, the emotions of a coming-of-age drama without falling prey to the clichés of the genre.
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December 3, 2020
All of UChicago’s a cappella groups are up and running, jumping hurdle after hurdle to find new ways to create content and community.
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November 29, 2020
“In the past few years, anime has become more of a fan-led media, through fanfiction, amateur games and amateur manga.” Professor Thomas Lamarre sits down with The Maroon to discuss the Japanese animation industry.
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November 27, 2020
Missing the eerie charm and unnerving imagery of its source material, "Roald Dahl’s The Witches" is like trying to shove a puzzle piece into a jigsaw while “solving” it.
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November 27, 2020
In a final farewell to the iconic PlayStation 4 console, arts reporter Timmy Lee ranks the video games that defined an era.
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November 23, 2020