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'Circe' is a new take on traditionally misogynistic Greek mythology

By Florida Huff | January 25, 2019

At once a stunningly evocative retelling of Greek mythology and a commentary on mortality, motherhood, resilience and female agency, “Circe” by Madeline Miller intertwines the fantastic with the familiar, shaping a narrative whose supernatural exterior ultimately serves to tell an altogether human story of a woman’s life.

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Q&A: Jessica Hong, the new Global Contemporary art curator

By Elizabeth Garrison | January 24, 2019

This Saturday, the Hood museum will finally reopen after being closed for extensive renovations, but the modern architectural design isn’t the only thing that’s new. As part of the museum’s transition, the Hood has created the new position of Global Contemporary Art Curator to promote bringing thought-provoking works to campus. Newcomer Jessica Hong discusses her role at the Hood and how she hopes to make an impact on campus. 

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Review: "Aquaman" is two-and-a-half hours of dumb, frothy fun

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | January 22, 2019

“Aquaman” is the sixth film in the DC Extended Universe, following on the heels of four films that range from mediocre to atrocious (“Man of Steel,” “Batman v. Superman,” “Suicide Squad,” “Justice League”) and one of the best superhero films not just of the last decade but of all time (“Wonder Woman”).

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Review: The third season of "True Detective" is back to its roots

By Willem Gerrish | January 22, 2019

Here’s a disclaimer: the first season of “True Detective” is my favorite season of television ever made. Starring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, the first eight-episode iteration of HBO’s crime anthology series is a near-perfect evaluation of human character in the face of death, evil and chaos. 

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Ana Tijoux and Flor de Toloache put a twist on Latinx music

By Mia Nelson | January 22, 2019

The Hopkins Center for the Arts paired Ana Tijoux, a Chilean-French folk singer and rapper, with the all-female new wave “post-mariachi” band Flor de Toloache for an evening celebrating Latinx music this past Friday in Spaulding Auditorium. 

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Marie Kondo’s new show doesn’t have to do more than ‘spark joy’

By Joyce Lee | January 18, 2019

When I returned home for the winter holidays this past November, my parents announced on the drive back from the airport that we were moving out of the home we had lived in for the last 14 years. I reacted as anyone might after an abrupt announcement that they were losing their childhood home: nervous laughter, and then an incredulous “What?”

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'Burning' is a riveting drama about masculinity and desire

By Joyce Lee | January 17, 2019

There’s an image in Lee Chang-dong’s “Burning” that I still see when I close my eyes at night: a little boy approaches a burning greenhouse. He is inexplicably dripping wet — with water? with gasoline? — and he stares at the flames in a trance.

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In 'The Mule,' Clint Eastwood is an old dog sticking to old tricks

By Mia Nelson | January 17, 2019

Clint Eastwood directs and stars in the “The Mule,” a drama inspired by a New York Times Article written by Nick Schenk that detailed the Sinaloa Cartel’s use of a 90 year old drug mule. Eastwood plays Earl Stone, a down-on-his luck former daylily horticulturist who becomes a drug runner, or mule, for a cartel in Illinois.

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The 23rd season of "The Bachelor" is a derivative embarrassment

By Elizabeth Garrison | January 15, 2019

On paper, Colton Underwood was the obvious choice for the twenty-third Bachelor. He fits the mold of the generic pretty boy, was a former professional football player, and runs a non-profit for kids with cystic fibrosis.

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'A Series of Unfortunate Events' continues its trend as an engaging series

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | January 15, 2019

In my review for the second season of “A Series of Unfortunate Events,” I commented that the Netflix adaptation for the beloved, darkly comic 13-book children’s series by Lemony Snicket (pen name for Daniel Handler), was unique for its remarkable consistency if nothing else.

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'New Work for Goldberg Variations' is an elaborate masterpiece

By Isabelle Blank | January 15, 2019

Choreographer Pam Tanowitz and pianist Simone Dinnerstein tackle Bach’s equally canonical and intricate “Goldberg Variations” in a collaborative piece entitled “New Work for Goldberg Variations.” Tanowitz’s company performed the new piece this past weekend at the Hopkins Center for the Arts.

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Student Spotlight: Katie Wee '19 explores music and health

By Madison Wilson | January 11, 2019

Katie Wee ’19 is about as liberal arts as it gets: as a music major as well as a premed student, Wee’s experience at Dartmouth has crossed over disciplinary lines. Wee is a music major and plays violin in the Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra, serving as Concert Mistress on and off for the last two years.

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Review: "Vice" is a dramatic, complex look at an American villain

By Willem Gerrish | January 10, 2019

Adam McKay seems to have something of an obsession with the American culture of corruption and excess.

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Review: ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ cannot have it all

By Joyce Lee | January 8, 2019

Last June, Australian comedian Hannah Gadsby released her Netflix stand-up special “Nanette.” The show received critical acclaim and an entire literature of think-pieces, not because it was especially funny or because the jokes were radical (although they were), but because Gadsby used her special to question what it means to use self-deprecating comedy as a woman, a queer individual and as an “other” who exists in the margins.

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‘Mary Queen of Scots’ wastes potential due to choppy writing

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | January 8, 2019

In his video “Ludonarrative Dissonance,” film essayist Dan Olson advocates the use of the term “Cinemanarrative Dissonance.” The term describes when an aspect of a film flounders because two or more creative departments did competent work that was nevertheless contradictory due to the lack of a strong, unified vision for the overall product.

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“Neapolitan Quartet” is an immersive look at a female friendship

By Isabelle Blank | January 8, 2019

Italian writer Elena Ferrante’s operatic Neapolitan Quartet, a series that spans four volumes and six decades of friendship, traces the intertwined lives of characters Lila and Lenù.

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Review: 'Bandersnatch' opens up new possibilities for stories

By Joyce Lee | January 6, 2019

I’ll be the first to admit it — I am not a gamer. I don’t know much about any specific kind of game, about the world of gaming or of gamers in general.

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Review: ‘Crimes of Grindelwald’ is another disappointment

By Sebastian Wurzrainer | January 3, 2019

Two years ago, I was in the minority when I declared “Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them” to be less than the sum of its parts.

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The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra goes on tour in Italy

By Mia Nelson | November 13, 2018

The Dartmouth Symphony Orchestra is tired. The students and community members that make up the group have rehearsed intensely in preparation for their concert, which was held this past November 10, and the next item on their agenda, a tour of Italy, is this upcoming interim period.

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Review: 'Free Solo' portrays the heartbreaking costs of triumpth

By Willem Gerrish | November 13, 2018

In Yosemite Valley, a massive rock formation looms over the sweeping vistas of picturesque splendor.

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