Students represent Dartmouth at '06 Ivy Film Festival

The Ivy Film Festival, founded by Brown University students David Peck and Justin Slosky in December 2001, began as a collaborative effort between the organizers, the Brown University Modern Culture and Media Department, the Brown Film Society and students at other Ivy League schools.

'Thank You for Smoking' provides sharp social satire

There seems to be an emerging trend in the movies these days of stories that get sold on the backs of utterly loathsome protagonists.

Hood Museum begins four-month program to celebrate Rembrandt

Not every day marks the tetracentennial of an artist as renowned as Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn. To honor the 400th birthday of "the most inventive and original printmaker of all time," the Hood Museum is hosting a variety of programs starting from April 8 until Sept.

Mabou Mines shocks with avant-garde Ibsen adaptation

On the Hopkins Center posters for this week's production "Dollhouse" -- an adaptation of Henrik Ibsen's classic play "A Doll's House" by the acclaimed avant-garde theater group Mabou Mines -- one might notice that, in contrast to the six-foot woman shown, the man looks somewhat ... shorter.

Depp fails to please in 'The Libertine'

Outside of pornography, the lives of sex addicts rarely make for successful movies. As exciting as it may sound on paper, nymphomania is one of the least dramatically compelling afflictions known to film.

Computer animation show premiers at Dartmouth

Ever since the release of "Toy Story" 11 years ago, moviegoers en masse have seemed to show a distinct preference for 3-D animation over traditional hand-drawn animation. When Woody and Buzz first hit the screen, Disney's creative renaissance that began with 1989's "The Little Mermaid" was already on the wane.

'Inside Man' sizzles with Spike Lee's signature style

Courtesy of CBS News In his review of Spike Lee's "25th Hour," Premiere Magazine critic Glenn Kenny wrote that it was "a messy film." But then again, if Spike Lee ever made a tidy movie I don't think I'd want to see it.

Arts Mexico to feature Limón Dance Co.

New Hop policy benefits

Last Fall term, the Hopkins Center piloted a program to allow Dartmouth students who perform in choral, instrumental and dance ensembles to provide professors and staff members with complimentary tickets to their performances at the Hop.

Jarocho Festival to open at the Hop

This week Hanover will be injected with the vibrant sounds of son jarocho, the traditional music of the Mexican Caribbean.

The movie that no one but Oscar knew how to quit

A collective roar went up in the Streeter basement kitchen when this year's Best Picture Oscar was handed out.

Animation Festival honors labors of love

A special wing of the Film Studies department is housed in the Studio Art building; students stumble in and out of Clement Hall with ink-splattered fingers and droopy eyes.

Oscar roundup: When cowboy romances crash and burn

The D's arts editors opine on 'Crash's' Best Picture win -- the biggest Oscar upset in years

'Mrs. Henderson' presents a less-than-full monty

Courtesy of Dark Horizons Laura Henderson was not a woman to spend her days knitting. Widowed at the tender age of 75, this indomitably eccentric British heiress used her late husband's tremendous fortune to purchase and renovate a theater in London during the 1930s, where she staged musical revues featuring -- dare I even say it?

DCO pays homage to film vet John Williams

To continue the celebration of movies that began last night with the Oscars, the Dartmouth Chamber Orchestra will perform a program called "John Williams -- Master of the Motion Picture," at 7:30 tonight in Collis Common Ground.

'Youth' ties generational gaps

I was the slightest bit skeptical when I read the title of the play "This Is Our Youth." After all, I discovered that the play was written in the late '90s with the early '80s as its backdrop.