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Review: ‘Barbie®: A Cultural Icon’ offers hope for women in uncertain times

The Museum of Arts and Design’s new exhibition helps women begin to heal when all might feel lost.
Skylar Boilard, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

Two days after the presidential election, tears rolled down my face in the Museum of Arts and Design as I watched a woman standing in front of a bright-pink gallery wall hug her...

A person in a black shirt and white collar standing in front of a pink background.

Beyond awareness: Jane Schoenbrun’s radical trans future

This Transgender Awareness Week, let’s consider a more expansive definition of what trans art can be.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Staff Writer November 15, 2024

In a 2014 cover story, Time Magazine declared that we reached the “Transgender Tipping Point.” Transgender awareness was increasing, and we were moving toward progress. Ten...

A man and woman stand facing the audience in adjacent rooms on a stage. The woman’s has a purple hue while the man’s is blue.

Review: ‘Maybe Happy Ending’ melts even the most robotic hearts

The new Broadway musical starring Darren Criss and Helen J Shen is a refreshing comedy merging robots and romance.
Ella Sabrina Malabanan, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

“Maybe Happy Ending” is a tale as old as time — boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy and girl also happen to be robots. The new musical playing at the Belasco Theatre...

An album cover of a stone floating in an ether. The text surrounding the stone reads “the CURE”.

Review: The Cure takes on death in gothic rock fashion with ‘Songs of a Lost World’

Sixteen years since its last album and almost 50 years since the band formed, The Cure is back with its strongest album since “Disintegration.”
Joe Paladino, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

After The Cure’s last release, “4:13 Dream” in 2008 and the album’s subsequent tour, the band began to fall apart. Robert Smith, frontman and genius behind The Cure —...

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Review: ‘Allen Sunshine’ hooks the heart with friendship, music and the gentle art of healing

NYU alum Harley Chamandy's debut film helps a mourning man rediscover life’s quiet joys.
Chloe Haack, Staff Writer November 14, 2024

We often find joy in unexpected places, and “Allen Sunshine,” the debut film by NYU alum Harley Chamandy, beautifully captures this sentiment against the backdrop of grief...

A woman hanging from a bed that is in the air, looking down at a man. Underneath them is a bed of flowers.

Review: Shakespeare takes on vaping, crop tops and energy drinks

With Rachel Zegler and Kit Connor, the new adaptation of Romeo + Juliet makes Shakespeare relatable to a new generation.
Adrianna Nehme, Deputy Managing Editor November 13, 2024

The hundreds of adaptations of “Romeo and Juliet” feel like attempts to keep everyone alive forever — even those who must die in the end. The new Broadway production, “Romeo...

A blonde woman with bedazzled hoop earrings and a rose-patterned top stands in a room lit with neon red and blue lights.

Review: ‘Emilia Pérez’ takes big risks with little payoff

Despite its genre-blending ambition, the Cannes award-winning film is less than the sum of its parts.
Sawyer Gouw Ranzetta, Contributing Writer November 13, 2024

“Emilia Pérez” is a unicorn of a film. It’s a Spanish-language piece written and directed by a French artist, Jacques Audiard. It stars some of Hollywood’s biggest names...

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Review: ‘Juror #2’ is a timely and subversive hit piece on American institutions

All objections are overruled in Clint Eastwood’s newest film.
Leo Field, Staff Writer November 13, 2024

“To the justice system. It ain’t perfect. But it’s the best we got,” so proclaims a defense attorney in Clint Eastwood’s latest courtroom drama “Juror #2.” At 94...

An album cover of faces of girls with purple skin, white glowing eyes and various expressions with a vinyl peeking out. The girl in the center has blonde hair and a shirt with “LIL UZI” written on it as a key floats above her head.

Review: ‘Eternal Atake 2’ is Lil Uzi’s eternal mistake

Lil Uzi Vert reaches a new creative low with a rushed, disappointing sequel album that falls short of its predecessor.
Antonio Johri, Contributing Writer November 12, 2024

Since Lil Uzi Vert’s career began in the mid-2010s, they were known as a pioneer of the SoundCloud era, a time when many young rappers would post their DIY tracks to the platform...

A sad Claymation figure with wide, teary eyes wearing a textured hat and snail-eyes headpiece.

Review: ‘Memoir of a Snail’ will make you want to come out of your shell

Adult animation legend Adam Elliot’s first film in nearly a decade is both crude and heartwarming.
Ella Sabrina Malabanan and Gabriel Murray November 12, 2024

Coming out of your shell is never easy, but “Memoir of a Snail” shows you that there’s no point in hiding from the world — even when life is trailing by at a snail's pace....

A girl dressed in black with a name tag that reads “Sister Barnes.” Behind her is a girl dressed in gray.

Review: ‘Heretic’ neglects the art of subtlety

While the film’s intersection of board games and religion was interesting, it brought exhaustive and over-explained instructions.
Amelia Knust, Staff Writer November 11, 2024

Spoiler warning: This review contains spoilers for “Heretic.” This year, I've finally accepted that recent horror films drastically underestimate the intelligence of their...

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Review: Megan Moroney’s Christmas EP pulls from heartbreak and Elvis

“Blue Christmas …duh,” makes us forget all about Thanksgiving and jump right into a country Christmas.
Addison Alvarado, Staff Writer November 11, 2024

As a long-time country music fan, seeing Megan Moroney surprise drop her first-ever Christmas project prepared me to saddle up for the holiday. The three-track set contains two...