"Everything Everywhere All at Once" is a film that demonstrates that life is absurd, ridiculous and often meaningless, and gives an answer for how it can be lived. It is a comedy that rivals “Airplane” in its silliness, and is an intellectual masterpiece that can enrapture even the snobbiest of ...
This is another childhood album, but I was re-listening to it recently, and it is quite a gem — not a bad track on the album. There is lots of twang and beautiful guitar with poetic lyrics. The third track is called “2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten”; I think it’s pretty funny that she’s using texting ...
Ten years on from “The Dark Knight Rises,” the stirring finale to the series that humanized Bruce Wayne and established a Batman for the modern world, director Matt Reeves and star Robert Pattinson have tried their hand at a new iteration of the tortured hero for the big screen. It’s a story of ...
Since the moment the oh-so-bingeable “Bridgerton” came out in December 2020, viewers have been anxiously awaiting season two.With plenty of drama, jealousies and plot twists, the new episodes have been just as entertaining as the last.
On March 9, the live Moth-Up storytelling event brought an intimacy to Middlebury not often experienced in the whirlwind of the academic week back into the spotlight. Hosted in the Gamut Room, where the audience had to arrange themselves Tetris-style to fit, the event kicked off when the lights were ...
Laura Wendel’s debut feature film “Playground” walks the line between childhood nostalgia and occasional violence. The film opens with the words, un monde — the film’s original title and the French word for “a world.” The film reminds audiences of the complex social relationships that ...
The dancers played a group of birds, soaring through valleys, desperately trying to find a mythical creature named Simurgh. The performance was organized into ten different segments, divided by the different valleys visited along the journey. The story concludes with the birds realizing that they were ...
If I could pick one word to describe Caroline's first debut project “Strawberry,” it would be “floating.” On “Strawberry,” Loveglow takes the soft sounds from the dream pop genre and gives it a gentle punch with distortion and reverb in her production and vocals.
This past weekend, the Actors from the London Stage (AFTLS) visited Middlebury to put on a production of William Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” in Wright Memorial Theatre — and there should be much ado about a visit from the AFTLS.
The Hirschfield International Film Series’ most recent feature “Drive My Car” is not unlike a long road trip. Road trips usually elicit two seemingly conflicting feelings: boredom and awe. With a runtime just shy of three hours, director Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s lauded masterpiece could easily miss ...
At the very end of last spring — when Riley Board ’22, Lucy Townend ’22 and I (The Campus’ executive team) started planning for this year’s Campus issues — we got really excited about an idea. The idea was creating a Campus radio show where we’d share a little about the stories from each ...
If you’re looking for a mid-week study break, look no further than the basement of Gifford Hall. Every week performers and audience members alike gather for a Wednesday Open Mic Party (WOMP) in the Gamut Room to celebrate and support campus musicians.
When Summers picked up bluegrass music as a pastime during his gap semester last fall, he came to campus prepared to answer the infamous “What’d you do during your febmester?” question with style.
This issue is about more than what staff do during their working hours. We wanted to get to know what some Middlebury staff do in their time off, so we spoke with three staff members about their favorite hobbies. Below is a brief glance at what they shared with us.
With quippy dialogue, physics-defying action and a sense of swashbuckling enthusiasm pervading its every moment, “Uncharted” succeeds as an exciting adventure film that perfectly captures the spirit of its gaming inspiration.
“Witness” presents an imaginative three-act theatrical interpretation of Jewish immigration throughout history, produced by the Arlekin theater company's new virtual theater program Zero Gravity (zero-G).
Nothing is more iconic than starting an album with “Boom Boom Pow.” I grew up listening to Fergie with my aunt, so rediscovering The Black Eyed Peas has been really fun. Their music has great beats and is really fun to dance to.
Maybe you have no idea who or what Little Man is, or maybe you just want to learn more about him, but either way, read on for a personal interview with the figurine of the moment and a look behind the curtains at his creators.
Auerbach is in the process of self-publishing a book he has titled “Van’s Best Friend” about the two years he spent traveling around the U.S. in a van after “dropping out” — a term he wears proudly — from Middlebury College.
Oscar nominations were announced on Feb. 8, making public the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Science’s choices for the most artistically and technically significant films of 2021. It’s a tradition for journalists covering the Academy Awards to quickly zero in on the major categories like Best ...