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(02/14/13 2:58am)
Tegan & Sara occupy a precarious niche in commercial music — they aren’t mainstream but neither are they alt, hipster, post-funk or any other of the slew of labels available to musicians today. They stand suspended in the limbo of contemporary music — indie pop at a time when indie pop is said to be dead. And even though they have sold out shows in New York, the person next to you probably hasn’t heard of them. The band, comprised of identical twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin, have gone through yet another year of musical limbo with the release of their seventh album, Heartthrob.
(01/24/13 5:04am)
Lena Dunham’s Girls is not Sex and the City. Disregard any review that claims this is “SATC for the Gen 2.0!” because it isn’t and Lena Dunham’s hapless protagonist, Hannah Horvath, is nothing like Carrie Bradshaw. There are no shoe binges or Mr. Bigs or brunches on Saturday — in fact, Hannah hates brunches. Moreover, SATC was aware of its own absurdity. Girls, on the other hand, is schadenfreude fodder pandering to depressing stereotypes about the 20-something generation.
(01/17/13 5:20am)
Let’s begin this with the obvious: Django Unchained is a movie written and directed by the indomitable Quentin Tarantino. If you are somehow unfamiliar with his work, understand that QT goes big: big explosions, big beheadings and big actors. The bloodshed is generous and the gore is bountiful. And yet Tarantino’s latest venture is a study in revision, renovating a genre that cannot be defined by anything apart from simply ‘Tarantino.’
(12/06/12 4:03am)
Think you’ve seen the best movie you’ll watch this year? Think again: Wreck-It Ralph is going to change your 2012 rankings. The Disney — sans Pixar — 3-D CGI film had a $49.1 million opening weekend, a record for Disney Animation Studios.
(09/06/12 4:50am)
R&B singer-songwriter Frank Ocean released his introspective debut album channel ORANGE July 10 to critical acclaim. I found it a dark and compelling work of musical storytelling that will doubtlessly cement his place in the upper echelon of the hip-hop community.
(03/15/12 10:22am)
The '80s were a glorious time for the teenage
(03/02/12 4:30am)
Host Billy Crystal summed up this year's Oscars perfectly when he quipped, "Nothing takes the sting out of these tough economic times like watching a bunch of millionaires giving golden statues to each other!" Yet another awards season has come and gone, and yet another audience has sat through Hollywood's so-called "greatest night" during the 84th Annual Academy Awards.
(02/17/12 2:41am)
French duo Air isn't exactly part of the underground music scene, but rather has a niche mainstream audience. Despite their relatively small fan base, their affiliation with the '90s French Touch movement has had an indelible influence on the international electronic scene. Their latest compilation of cosmic synthesizers and psychedelic injections is the backing to the silent film Le Voyage Dans La Lune (A Trip to the Moon), their first full soundtrack since their haunting musical framing of Sofia Coppola's film The Virgin Suicides. The duo's work with The Virgin Suicides made them famous, giving them numerous opportunities to collaborate with the likes of Charlotte Gainsbourg and Beck. Le Voyage Dans La Lune, however, takes a step toward more professional work, while maintaining the quality their listeners love.
(02/10/12 12:07am)
If you hadn't heard the name Lana Del Rey before last month, you're probably in the majority. With her heavy-lidded eyes and bubble lips, the 1950s throwback queen resided in the realm of Pitchfork-esque obscurity until a month ago. Once you listen to her older discography it's easy to see why. Her cultivated siren song appeal, which has started to attract new fans, never appeared before the release of her newest album, Born to Die.
(01/30/12 5:09pm)
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(01/26/12 12:19pm)
Book-club enthusiasts and literary aesthetes recognize Jonathan Safran Foer's 2005 novel Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close as an enduring written representation of Sept. 11, 2001. Post-modern devotees praised its form-bending experiments, including a flip-book which shows a man careening to his fate from an inflamed tower. Most people best know Foer's novel as a recent film adaptation starring Tom Hanks. But popularity, as this novel proves, is hardly an index of quality.
(01/19/12 7:23am)
A little part of every '90s nostalgic cried when the cast of Friends walked out the door of that apartment we had grown to know so well. No more crazy New York City antics, no more Ross-and-Rachel drama; what could again fill the ensemble-comedy hole of the millennial 20-somethings? After a seven-year void, along comes Happy Endings.
(11/10/11 6:20am)
Once in while, a film reminds us of the possibilities of cinema - and why we love the medium. Albert Nobbs, this year's Virginia Film Festival Centerpiece Screening, is such a film, bringing together a well-written story with a stellar cast and top-notch acting. The screening, which was followed by a discussion with director Rodrigo Garcia and cast members Mia Wasikowska and Janet McTeer, drew a sold-out crowd to the Paramount Theater.
(10/27/11 4:25am)
In 1920s Atlantic City, the Ku Klux Klan terrorized, the Republicans were in office and America stemmed into a dangerous consumerism amidst rivers of moonshine. This is the circus-like world of Nucky Thompson in HBO's award-winning Boardwalk Empire, which airs Sundays at 9 p.m. The Martin Scorsese-produced series returned for its second season a month ago. The series, which has drawn comparisons to The Sopranos for its nuanced depiction of organized crime, has also been bogged down by critical accusations of heavy-handed storytelling and jerky anachronism. The second season, it seems, strives to take on these perceptions.
(10/20/11 5:04am)
"Touched by Virginia," an exhibition displayed in Ruffin Gallery through Oct. 22, celebrates Virginia through work collected from artists who have a connection to the University. Featuring contributions from University alumni, "Touched by Virginia" also featured a Final Friday reception at the University Art Museum, as well as artist talks and a "Firework Drawing Workshop" by Rosemarie Fiore. This group sculpture exhibition, curated by Assoc. Prof. William Bennett, is a testament to the inspiration provided by the University.