Word: dark
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Moon Study No. 4.” The assistant VES professor’s work, a dreamlike patchwork of the moon’s image as it traverses the sky, is largely static, but even as a still image, the atmosphere of the work (set behind dark curtains in its own chilly environment) is affecting. Another film installation at the center of the exhibit belongs to visiting professor Tishan Hsu, and depicts ocean waves and bird feathers crashing into one another and propelling off the screen. A tour of the exhibit would appropriately end with a look at Burden Visiting...
Friday, Sep. 30—Sunday, Oct. 2. Mutant Action: The Films of Alex de la Iglesia. Rare U.S. screenings Alex de la Iglesia’s best films—several of which are produced by Pedro Almodovar—an unknown, but virtuosic, European director whose dark comedies (such as last year’s “El Crimen Perfecto”) transcend genre and defy social convention. Brattle Theater. $9. Tickets available at theater or www.brattlefilm.org...
Eshbaugh anticipates that some potential student audiences will be uncertain of what to expect, given the play’s dark subject matter. But she trusts the skills of Visiting Director Brendan Hughes, a graduate of the Yale School of Drama, and promises that, although “‘Lulu’ will be a challenge for us and the actors, it is a challenge that will leave us changed...
...reason I bring this up is because of the malicious specter of recruiting that has covered the beginning of this year like a dark shadow. As a Harvard senior, you are sort of expected to end up with a high-powered job—to be able to return to your five-year high school reunion, turn to the hot girl you never had the guts to talk to, drop the back-to-back bombs of “Yeah, I went to Harvard…no big deal,” and “Sure, I conducted some...
...necessary, or worthwhile. It’s just that people seem to have grown way too obsessed with the lure of the fast track and the promise of quick and easy money—so obsessed, in fact, that I am reminded of when Yoda tells Luke that the Dark side of the force is “quicker, easier,” but not better. People are willing to do almost anything to get into these companies, and no time is too soon to start...