From large-scale blockbusters such as “Dune: Part Two” to small-scale indies like “Anora,” cinema in 2024 proved to be alive and well, despite Hollywood’s slow emergence from the Writers Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) strikes that halted the industry in 2023. With the start […]

“Anora,” which won the Palme D’or (top honor) at the Cannes Film Festival this summer and is currently being positioned as an Academy Award frontrunner, arrives in theaters nationwide this month.  The acclaimed comedy/drama is the latest from writer and director Sean Baker, the independent auteur behind “The Florida Project” and “Red Rocket.” “Anora” closely […]

  This month, Lauren Hill, a senior allied health studies major, opened The Lemon House LLC in Oxford, a food trailer which sells locally owned all-natural juices and protein balls. The business has been an instant hit, garnering many new and repeat customers.  Becoming a small business owner was something Hill did not anticipate. In […]

How do you make a movie about Donald Trump? The controversial biographical movie, “The Apprentice,” by Ali Abbasi, which opened in theaters across the country on Friday, Oct. 11, seeks to answer this very question. “I’m playing a guy named Roy, and you’re playing a guy named Donald,” actor Jeremy Strong said to actor Sebastian […]

Francis Ford Coppola, director of American classics such as “The Godfather” and “Apocalypse Now,” has returned to the big screen with the science-fiction drama “Megalopolis,” which opened in theaters across the country on Friday, Sept. 27. This film is set in a decaying futuristic metropolis called New Rome and unites many eras of history in […]

“Is this real or is this a dream?” a character says at the midpoint of Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins’s surrealist play “Everybody.” “This is a theater!” another character responds, eloquently summarizing the play’s unique balance of philosophical inquiries, humorous dialogue and meta theatrics. “Everybody” is certainly unlike any play many have seen — and certainly unlike any […]

After premiering at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this summer, “The Substance,” directed by Coralie Fargeat, made its debut in theaters across the country on Friday, Sept. 18. “Have you ever dreamt of a better version of yourself?” This is the question that plagues Elisabeth Sparkle, played by Demi Moore. Elisabeth is a middle-aged actress […]

It is no coincidence that filmmaker Alex Garland, known for cerebral sci-fi classics such as “Ex Machina” and “Annihilation,” conceived his latest film, “Civil War,” in the beginning of 2020. The cheekily provocative film is as straightforward as it sounds, depicting an increasingly violent and polarized America on the brink of total collapse. The film’s […]