‘The Lovely Bones' fails to impress
Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Humans are naturally attracted to morbid events a fact that both the book (2002) and film (2009) versions of "The Lovely Bones" exploit and develop.
Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Courtesy of AwardsDaily.com Humans are naturally attracted to morbid events a fact that both the book (2002) and film (2009) versions of "The Lovely Bones" exploit and develop.
Reading Jonathan Dee's newest novel "The Privileges" (2010) feels like biting into really expensive, decadent chocolate.
There are times when I think that song lyrics could not get any worse and the music industry could not get more shallow.
Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff A striking arrangement of transparent blocks tinged blue by lights lining the edges is illuminating the Strauss Gallery in the Hopkins Center this term as the key feature of an architecture exhibit by studio art professor Karolina Kawiaka.
What could accompany a silent Russian film with no discernible plot better than 70 minutes of banging on scrap metal? Friday evening saw the Boston-based Alloy Orchestra prove that nothing else could, in their rendition of "The Man with the Movie Camera" (1929). This was not the first time, however, that the three-man ensemble and their self-described "Wall of Junk" graced the Spaulding stage to update silent classics with new and exciting scores. "I went into [the Alloy Orchestra's 2006 performance of] The Phantom of the Opera' ten minutes late and I had no idea what I'd walked into," Dartmouth Film Society director A.J.
Courtesy of Spheris Gallery Courtesy of Spheris Gallery The Spheris Gallery's newest exhibit, which opened Saturday, Jan.
Israeli singer-songwriter Oren Lavie's video for his song "Her Morning Elegance" has attracted over 10 million views on YouTube with its impressive use of stop-motion animation.
Courtesy of guardian.co.uk Courtesy of guardian.co.uk In 2009, the fate of the Golden Globe Awards was bleak, as it failed to keep up with other award shows in the ratings race.
Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Kevin Xiao / The Dartmouth Staff Given my clumsy tendencies, I try to keep away from sharp instruments, but Gregory Elder, director of student workshops at the Hopkins Center, had faith in me as he handed me a carving utensil and a slab of wood and showed me how to shave off one side. "No experience is necessary for the workshops.
I picked up New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Gilbert's new book "Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage" with more than a little apprehension.
I was beginning to think Lady Gaga wasn't human. After all, she's been virtually ubiquitous over the past few months: Beyonce's music video for "Video Phone," a meeting with the Queen of England, the "Monster Ball" tour to promote her sophomore album "The Fame Monster," "The Oprah Winfrey Show," my music column.
Courtesy of Vogue.com Courtesy of Vogue.com Esteemed filmmaker Frederick Wiseman's most recent documentary, "La Danse: Le Ballet de L'Opera de Paris," is a visual feast for dance lovers, providing an intimate look at how one of the world's greatest ballet companies creates its art.
Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff Sujin Lim / The Dartmouth Staff In trenches smaller than a person's palm, tiny World War I-era French soldiers battle German troops in a reenactment of one of the deadliest conflicts in history.
Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Courtesy of AllMoviePhoto.com Disney's latest princess trades in royal ennui for entrepreneurship as an aspiring restaurateur in the much-awaited "The Princess and the Frog" (2009). The film that states its message that hard work is necessary because "wishing on a star can only take you so far," according to Princess Tiana's late father in a manner appropriately obvious for its young audience. Although execution of the movie's theme may lack nuance, such candor is to be expected from a mainstream animated film.
We've all heard the story before. A troubled rich kid reads a little Thoreau in his 10th grade English class and rebels against his family's lifestyle by becoming (or at least trying to become) a hermit in the wilderness.
If our technological devices ever develop enough sentience and agency to decide to rebel against the human race, I have no doubt that they would succeed.
Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Courtesy of DanaJessen.com Contributing to the wide variety of music that comes to Dartmouth, an Amsterdam-based experimental electro-acoustic duo will play with instruments from squeaky toys to recyclable objects in the Faulkner Recital Hall Wednesday.
Miles Suter '11 and Adam Boardman '11 started to get tired of finding e-mails in their inboxes from friends asking for songs which, more often than not, the pair had just e-mailed to someone else.
Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff Jared Bookman / The Dartmouth Staff On a bare stage featuring only a dance floor and sets of fluorescent lights, silhouettes of street dancers raced backwards in circles, jumping in perfect sync and speeding up with every lap.