As I stood outside of the doors in Emerson Suites on Saturday, February 16, the anticipation for a first time viewer of “The Vagina Monologues” created the same emotional confusion as that of entering a haunted house.
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Four score and seven months ago, moviegoers stood proud in their jorts and cheered ‘Murca!’ as they watched an epic battle for justice unfold in Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Based on Seth Grahame-Smith’s comic novel, the film grabs patriotism by the cojones as the 16th president goes all Buffy on a confederate vampire army.
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The Das Racist performance in Emerson Suites on Sept. 15 brought me back to the frustrations I experienced after my first Godard film. Similar to…
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During the Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival panel discussion at Cinemapolis on Mar. 31, viewers expressed unanimous feelings of disgust after watching a graphic documentary about the colossal waste produced by one of China’s most progressive metropolitans. Wang Jiuliang’s documentary Beijing Besieged by Waste let the images speak for themselves as the filthy demon of consumerism physically manifested on the big screen.
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In its annual collaboration with the Ithaca College School of Music, Ithaca College Theater hosted Mozart’s The Magic Flute, a whimsical opera following two friends on their quest for love.
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The trend of vintage clothing supports eco-friendly lifestyles, small businesses and frugality. However, “starving-artist chic” has created a phenomenon of worn, thrifty clothing that is making appearances in chain stores with brand-name prices. There’s an increased demand for fashion with even humbler beginnings than the Salvation Army. The must-have in the garment industry is now tribal.