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Director Meryl H. Federman ’11 said organizers had originally planned to hold the event—with a slightly more macabre theme??in conjunction with Halloween, but did not have enough time...

Author: By Chelsea L. Shover, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Shakespeare Caps Off V-Day | 2/15/2008 | See Source »

...group explores the very visceral issue of fear; an issue made topical not only because of the world’s current bleakness, but also because of the fear associated with making a sophomore album. The tone of the record is reflective of this central theme??many of the songs are grandiose, gothic, even fear-inspiring themselves. Recorded mostly in a 19th-century Canadian church, the setting perfectly captures the atmospheric, organ-based melodies that drive many of the album’s dense songs, such as “Intervention,” “Black...

Author: By Ruben L. Davis, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: The Arcade Fire | 3/8/2007 | See Source »

...cartoon is a particularly weak example. Professional cartoonist Daryl Cagle points out on his website that a “t-shirt or sign pointing at something with a comment ‘I’m with stupid’ is a recurring…theme?? among cartoonists...

Author: By Roxanne Palmer | Title: Evidence For Cartoonist’s Firing Is Flimsy At Best | 11/3/2006 | See Source »

...unnervingly smooth and artificial cinematography. Maybe it’s the compulsive editing. Maybe it’s the way the song samples Dick Dale’s “Misirlou”—the “Pulp Fiction” theme??which just happened to appear in a Nissan Maxima commercial. Of course, it could also be the way Honda Civics are both conspicuously displayed and centrally framed. Coincidentally, both the Civic Hybrid website and the Black Eyed Peas’ website prominently advertise the Peas’ current tour—which...

Author: By Patrick R. Chesnut, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Popscreen: Black Eyed Peas | 5/3/2006 | See Source »

...reiterated relationship between Hayes (Evan Parke) the gruff, but heartfelt first mate and Jimmy (Jamie Bell, the “Billy Elliot” kid) is so bad as to verge on self-parody. Although it allows Jackson to develop the “Heart of Darkness” theme??Jimmy inexplicitly stole a copy from the New York Public Library—it loses the rhythm of the rest of the action. And yet, surprisingly, the film mostly works...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: King Kong | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

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