Arts

Kruse Reviews: In ‘Tron: Ares,’ slick visuals and a killer soundtrack mostly make up for a bland story and forgettable characters

By Taylor Kruse | October 20, 2025

Despite obvious narrative shortcomings, the sensory filmmaking in the new Tron installment makes it an intoxicating watch.

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Rena Mosteirin ’05 reads from her new poetry collection ‘Disaster Tourism’ at Still North

By Eloisa Bloom | October 20, 2025

The Dartmouth lecturer and Left Bank Books owner shared her poetry with students, locals and friends on Oct. 14.

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The undergraduate art and art history publication ‘Ephemera’ goes into second issue with new focus

By Eugene Kang | October 17, 2025

Founded in 2024 as a formal academic journal, the organization’s leaders have spearheaded its rebranding into a more casual magazine this year.

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Theater department hosts ‘The First-Year Project,’ a cabaret-style showcase for ’29s by ’29s

By Kaley Beth Roberts | October 17, 2025

Part of an annual event, the acts this year featured acting, singing and dancing.

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Review: ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ is a spectacle that lacks substance

By Caitlin FitzMaurice | October 13, 2025

Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album promises a glimpse behind the glitter, but does not deliver.

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Dartmouth community celebrates professor and filmmaker Jeffrey Ruoff with Hop Film event

By Ryan Alves Rocha | October 13, 2025

The Oct. 5 event honored Ruoff by screening a selection of his films, including the personal “Bon Voyage” and the pandemic-inspired “You Know, Like, Zoom.”

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Review: ‘After the Hunt’ is a cathartic thriller weakened by an ambitious and pretentious script

By Isabella Konecky | October 13, 2025

While boasting striking acting and visuals, Luca Guadagnino’s stylized film suffers from heavy handed dialogue.

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AI in Art?: Q&A with media with chair of film and media studies

By Amanda Adams | October 10, 2025

Professor Roopika Risam said that AI “forces us to ask ourselves what it means to be an author or artist.”

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‘Visual Kinship’ explores how photography shapes the idea of family

By Ryan Alves Rocha | October 10, 2025

The Hood Museum’s fall exhibition considers how images represent and challenge family relationships within colonialism, migration and queer intimacy.

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Freshmen rush into arts auditions

By Kaley Beth Roberts and Dolores Yorkin | October 10, 2025

From improv to a-capella: a look into the fall audition process for freshmen hoping to join performance arts groups. 

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With an emphasis on foreign-language films, Telluride at Dartmouth this year reflected a national trend

By Francisco Azar | October 6, 2025

In this year’s film festival, which took place from Sept. 17 to Sept. 21, five out of the six films were international.

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Mia Nelson ’22 releases debut poetry collection on love, nature and growing up

By Eloisa Bloom | October 6, 2025

Nelson discusses how her Dartmouth experience shaped “I’ve Never Loved Somebody and Made Them Worse.” 

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Review: ‘One Battle After Another’ is the best movie of 2025

By Isabella Konecky | October 3, 2025

Featuring a thrilling plot, standout acting and the exploration of power dynamics, the film is Paul Thomas Anderson’s successful first venture into political commentary.

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A ‘symphony of light’: A nontraditional production of Stravinski’s ‘The Firebird’ is shown at the Hopkins Center

By Max Scott | October 3, 2025

As a prelude to the Hopkins Center for the Arts’s reopening, Touki Delphine’s musical installation version of the classic score was staged at the Daryl Roth Studio Theater.

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Dayglow visits Dartmouth as Fallapalooza headliner

By Dillon Cain | September 29, 2025

Indie star Dayglow headlined Fallapalooza, delivering a colorful start to Dartmouth’s fall term while drawing a variety of reactions from students.

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Review: ‘Come From Away’ at Northern Stage is a reminder of humanity’s capacity for goodness

By Olivia Cao | September 29, 2025

Northern Stage’s production of the critically acclaimed musical captures the true story of a small-town safe haven in the wake of 9/11.

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Review: ‘The Secret Agent’ is a deeply intelligent Brazilian film that explores how history is told

By Maria Hebling | September 26, 2025

Balancing chaos and tenderness, the film offers moments of humor, delight and reflection.

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New Hood exhibition ‘Hidden Histories: Art, Provenance and the Nazi Era’ opens

By Amanda Adams | September 26, 2025

Curated as part of the “A Space for Dialogue” program, the exhibition grapples with questions around artworks’ acquisition and stewardship.

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English professor Peter Orner on his new book ‘The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter’

By Caitlin FitzMaurice | September 26, 2025

Inspired by the “great Chicago writers,” the historical fiction novel follows a writer’s obsession with a murder case.

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Kruse Reviews: ‘The Conjuring: Last Rites’ is a mediocre rehash

By Taylor Kruse | September 22, 2025

The fourth installment in the horror series fails to conjure up the scares of the previous films.

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