Culture
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CT Recommends: the satire of Armando Iannucci
Nobody’s quite sure what links terror and comedy, but most people know that the link exists. After all, what are the two things most people do on roller coasters? They scream and laugh. It is this relationship that Armando Iannucci, the brilliant British satirical writer and director, explores in three of his works of political […]
Hartnett
In Hartnett, a late professor’s final works
The Hartnett Gallery opened its doors this week with the final remaining works of Professor Elizabeth Cohen, who directed the UR internship program, Art New York, until her death in May 2017. The UR Studio Art Department honored Cohen by displaying her works in the exhibition, “Departures from Precedent”, from Sept. 5 through Sept. 9. Cohen, […]
Friday Night Live
At The Lightest thrives on atmosphere
Student band At The Latest performed for an hour at Starbucks on Friday night, Aug. 31. It was one of the few concerts that I’ve attended, and one of the few that I’ve enjoyed. But it wasn’t the music or the quality of the performance that made it enjoyable — it was the casual and […]
Ella Mai
Ella Mai dazzles the student and local community
I have never, in my time on this campus, seen so many people from the Rochester community congregated in one place for an artist that seemed so incredibly loved. This year’s Yellowjacket Weekend performance in Douglass Ballroom featured Ella Mai and her opening act, Ishmael Raps. Though perhaps it was not as crowded as last […]
frat reviews
A party at Chi Phi, reviewed
What is hell? In 1320, Dante Alighieri's epic poem "La Divina Commedia" depicted hell as a swirling inferno, composed of nine circles of torture. The first circle was a holding pen for the unbaptized. From there down, souls were afflicted by physical manifestations of sin for all eternity. Lust, gluttony, greed, wrath, heresy, violence, and […]
Movie Review
What Netflix’s ‘Ghoul’ tells us about the future of film
Despite its marketing material, Netflix’s new miniseries “Ghoul” is not horror. It is, however, everything else. Where do I start with “Ghoul”? Do I start with its breath of sensory nuance into Indian filmmaking? Do I start with its contemporary political relevance? Or with its audacity to market itself as horror when in fact it […]
Podcasts
Not Vanilla: Exploring side content
Hello, reader! I hope your summer was wonderful or, at the very least, tolerable. I spent mine taking full advantage of my UR-provided HBO Go account. I finally had the time and the energy to really dive deep into a show. I landed on “Westworld” — the second season had premiered late in April, and […]
Movie Review
Our favorite summer flicks
The summer of 2018 contained many memorable movie releases. We picked a few favorites. 'Incredibles 2' Legendary animation director Brad Bird (“The Iron Giant,” “Ratatouille”) returned this summer with a triumphant sequel to the fantastic, fan-favorite film “The Incredibles.” Nearly everything that was so phenomenal about the original movie returns, from the mid-century settings to […]
orientation week
Intro to sex at college
College: a hallowed stepping stone in the pathway to achieving traditional Western ideas of success. Do you know what else is a hallowed stepping stone in the pathway to achieving traditional Western ideas of success? Eating ass, now, apparently. Listen to me. Look me in my proverbial, amorphous eyes. You are the sole determiner of […]
Album Review
Ryan Beatty’s ‘Boy in Jeans,’ reviewed
When I listen to Ryan Beatty's recent album "Boy in Jeans," I feel like back I'm in high school — sexually repressed, spending summer in suburgatory with my undiagnosed mental illness and maybe one or two friends in their backyard pool. "Boy in Jeans" is Beatty’s queer, pop, R&B dream, completely different from the sugary […]
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