鈥淭he Eyes of Tammy Faye,鈥� directed by Michael Showalter 鈥�92, had its Providence premiere at the Avon Cinema this past week. The movie follows the spectacular rise and fall of the televangelist couple Tammy Faye (Jessica Chastain) and Jim Bakker (Andrew Garfield). Showalter constructs a careful ...
鈥溾�榃hat are your books about?鈥欌�� Felix asks Alice, a novelist and one of the two female protagonists in Sally Rooney鈥檚 newest novel, 鈥淏eautiful World, Where Are You.鈥� 鈥溾�極h, I don鈥檛 know,鈥� she said. 鈥楶eople.鈥欌�� A more accurate description of Rooney鈥檚 own writing is difficult ...
While the Met Gala is usually an opportunity to indulge in the pure aesthetics of wealth and fame 鈥� the red carpet flooded with celebrities and ridiculous costumes 鈥� this year鈥檚 theme, 鈥淚n America: A Lexicon of Fashion,鈥� demanded more than a quick glance. The Met Gala is the annual fundraiser ...
The 鈥淒ear Evan Hansen鈥� film adaptation, to be released in theaters Sept. 24, proves that some musicals can shine both on and off stage. The six-time Tony Award winning coming-of-age musical originally captivated audiences at the Arena Stage in Washington, D.C. in July 2015, before transitioning ...
鈥淏rooklyn Nine-Nine,鈥� a sitcom created by Michael Schur and Dan Goor centering around the lives of the detectives of Brooklyn鈥檚 99th NYPD precinct, has always tried to be a 鈥減rogressive鈥� show. The show works to portray diversity and address social issues for a younger, more socially progressive ...
By now, you should have heard of 鈥淭he Chair.鈥� Starring a blazer-clad Sandra Oh, the Netflix original released Aug. 20 caters to the bookish, academic, higher ed-obsessed niche of the American population. If you鈥檝e heard a lot about it, chances are you fit into that niche. And if you fit into that ...
On Wednesday, a group of first-year students performed Shakespeare鈥檚 classic comedy, 鈥淢uch Ado About Nothing,鈥� at the Nightingale-Brown House, where they will perform again Friday. The production was directed by Josephine Miller 鈥�24 and Emily Mayo 鈥�24.In the intimate garden space outside the ...
Fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe have been waiting for a glimpse into the elusive Natasha Romanoff since her debut in Iron Man 2. After an 11-year long journey with the Avengers, Black Widow (Scarlett Johansson) finally got her own movie July 9. The film begins in 1990s Ohio, following Natasha鈥檚 ...
For years, Lucy Dacus has been one of indie鈥檚 best kept secrets. After bubbling under the surface as a member of the group boygenius with Phoebe Bridgers and Julien Baker and after the release of her first album "No Burden," Dacus鈥� sophomore record 鈥淗istorian鈥� garnered her a reach she鈥檇 never ...
Norwegian singer-songwriter Marie Ulven, more widely known as the indie-pop icon girl in red, released her debut album 鈥渋f i could make it go quiet鈥� April 30 to much anticipation by fans and critics alike.聽 Over the last year, Ulven has risen through the ranks of the bedroom-pop generation to ...
Directed by Craig Gillespie (鈥淚, Tonya鈥�), 鈥淐ruella鈥� is a dazzling crime-comedy, villain origin story with a vampy flair distinct from the standard Disney live-action feature. Despite an untrimmed run time of 2 hours and 14 minutes, its plot contrivances and questionable character motives are ...
From the one-eyed point of view of the Cyclops, Aminder Dhaliwal鈥檚 graphic novel 鈥淐yclopedia Exotica鈥� examines topics ranging from relationships and community building to microaggressions and casual bigotry, all planted in a world where Cyclopes and human 鈥淭wo-Eyes鈥� live among one another ...
Olivia Rodrigo has become a name that everybody recognizes 鈥� whether you鈥檝e spent hours watching TikTok videos to her debut single 鈥榙rivers license,鈥� released earlier this year, or you鈥檝e heard the song playing on the radio.聽 Her rise to fame seemed to happen overnight 鈥� Rodrigo went from ...
After a pandemic-ravaged year in which waves of anti-Asian sentiment frothed and boiled into violence and tragedy, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month serves as a timely, if not defiant, celebration of AAPI individuals. From up-and-coming youth to seasoned auteurs, here is a list ...
As the fourth installment in Warner Bros. and Legendary Entertainment鈥檚 MonsterVerse franchise 鈥� a shared cinematic universe which began with the 2014 鈥淕odzilla鈥� 鈥� 鈥淕odzilla vs. Kong鈥� is an incredibly fun watch. The film, released March 31, balances exhilarating ape-lizard fight scenes ...
If Phoebe Bridgers is the Twitter music star 鈥� outwardly moody and unsatisfied; 鈥済hosting鈥� friends and effusively crying; favoring words over decoration 鈥� Lana Del Rey is the alternative darling of Instagram. In her newest album 鈥淐hemtrails Over the Country Club,鈥� released March 19, Del ...
In Part One of the film 鈥淐herry,鈥� adapted from Nico Walker鈥檚 semi-autobiographical 2018 novel of the same title, Tom Holland plays the titular character in a college setting. Sporting choppy bangs and a pair of glasses, Holland stares at Emily (Ciara Bravo), his stunning girlfriend-to-be, during ...
In his sixth full-length studio album, 鈥淛ustice,鈥� Justin Bieber reveals vulnerabilities and maturity in a way we have not yet seen from him, but he falls short in making the connection between the album鈥檚 purported message of social justice and its actual content.聽 Bieber has had quite a complicated ...
On a fateful March day two years ago, Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman and a number of other established professionals were implicated in an elaborate college admissions scandal. For those who had spent hours writing, fretting and crying over college applications, the existence of such a scandal felt ...
Matt James, the first Black man to lead the dating show 鈥淭he Bachelor,鈥� started the 25th season with a record number of contestant applications and love from the dedicated #BachelorNation. The fantasy was cut short, however, when pictures of contestant Rachael Kirkconnell at an 鈥渁ntebellum-themed ...
