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July 25, 2025 | Latest Issue
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The 'Shoes' don't fit: 'chick flick' or not, Hanson's latest is terrible

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The term "chick flick" gets tossed around a lot these days. In an era of machismo-laden action spectaculars, almost any film where the lipstick upstages the laser guns is instinctively filed in moviegoers' minds alongside movies like "Legally Blonde," "Miss Congeniality 2" and Hugh Grant's entire filmography.




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Carlton impresses sparse audience

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Vanessa Carlton played last night in Spaulding, in case you weren't aware and didn't notice the "frickin' huge" sign that the singer and pianist referred to in her introduction.


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Burton's beautiful 'Bride' explores the outcast experience

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Directors Tim Burton and Mike Johnson combine the land of the living with the realm of the dead in order to create the visually striking and musically catchy "The Corpse Bride." Yet "Corpse Bride" is not so much a movie as it is a series of beautifully created images set to music, which is not surprising since Burton and Johnson shot it entirely with digital cameras using stop-motion photography.




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'Yunnan' reveals beauty of culture in danger

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Last Thursday, students, locals, and those visiting Hanover filled Spaulding Auditorium as a weeklong celebration of arts and culture culminated with "Yunnan Revealed," a show featuring a mix of indigenous instruments and music from a southwestern province in China. The Yunnan province -- an area slightly smaller than the state of Texas -- is a predominantly mountainous area in southwestern China that is comprised of 25 different ethnic groups and is thus widely regarded as one of the most culturally diverse places in the world.





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25 years later, Led Zeppelin's influence can still be felt

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There's a certain element of mysticism and magic to the music of Led Zeppelin: it's an intangible quality that, even back in 1969 -- when their phenomenal self-titled debut album was released -- distinguished the band from its varied and eclectic influences, ranging from blues to British folk.


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Telluride delves into memory, repression

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The six films chosen by the Dartmouth Film Society from the Telluride Film Festival were picked not necessarily because they were the festival's best films, but rather because they were considered the most representative of Telluride's entire collection.


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Hoffman, transvestites ignite Telluride

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Telluride is a rare breed among film festivals: a true celebration of international cinema featuring everything from forgotten old gems to the newest works by both world-renowned and promising amateur directors. Founded in 1974 by Tom Luddy and Dartmouth's own Bill Pence, the event -- "like Cannes died and went to heaven," Roger Ebert once mused -- has always focused on bringing more idiosyncratic works to the attention of the filmmaking world.




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'Raid' offers only tired formula

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Taking place in the Philippines in 1945, "The Great Raid" claims to be a dramatic reenactment of the 6th Ranger Battalion's attempt to free 500 men from the Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp.


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Jazz vocalist Jane Monheit to perform at Spaulding

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A hesitant Hanover resident edges to the window of the Hopkins Center box office. "This may be a stupid question, but -- do you all, by any chance, have any Jane Monheit tickets left?" asks the resident. When the ticket seller nods, a look of surprise comes over the resident's face. "Really?" the resident replies. His disbelief is understandable.