Arts

“Shame,” the newest film from “Hunger” director Steve McQueen (the video artist, not the corpse of the actor brought back through necromancy), is the highest profile film in recent memory to receive the much-maligned NC-17 rating. The film features incredible performances, wonderful, hypnotic camerawork, and yes, oodles of sexually frank and explicit material. It’s also among the best films of the year.
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Portraying a legendary figure is always a challenge. The actor must delve into their personal life to know their mannerisms, personality and weaknesses extremely well. Michelle Williams’ transformation into Marilyn Monroe is done with utter perfection and grace, making “My Week with Marilyn” a touching and entertaining film. […]

The newest adaptation of Jim Henson’s famous creations “The Muppets” proves to be the most heartwarming Muppet movie to date, its simplicity and innocence reach out to a new fan base and will satisfy long time fans. […]

Zack Gill Arts Editor Canadian director David Cronenberg’s newest film, “A Dangerous Method,” which portrays the story of the relationship between famed psychoanalysts Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, is a far cry from the director’s […]

Amanda Newell Staff Writer While Rihanna’s look may be classy and less risque, the lyrics of her new album are nothing but raunchy. Rihanna fails to switch it up with her new album “Talk that […]

Isaac Siegmund-Broka Staff Writer 20th century satirist and author Kurt Vonnegut once said, “No matter in what era in history, including the Garden of Eden, everybody just got there.” Behind the blatant logic of this […]

Jake Mahr Theme Editor While rolling in gold and being in the limelight may seem like a flawless way to live, the stars of today’s generation are often put under constant pressure to be perfect, […]

Open Now MOCA Hedi Slimane (California Song): This photography exhibit, located at the Pacific Design Center, stylishly highlights California’s famous fashion trends and youth culture. And it also features original compositions from LA punk band […]

By Zack Rosenfeld Editor in Chief It’s hard to go wrong with a cast including Ben Stiller, Alan Alda, Matthew Broderick and Eddie Murphy but Brett Ratner’s “Tower Heist” finds ways to not only be […]