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American Music

Listening to The Band, I sometimes imagine myself walking through wild cornfields on a cool summer’s night, across ivy lanes, past broken baseball fields and mom-and-pop diners, trying to find my way home.

by Jacob Savage on February 4, 2004March 17, 2013

The Current Cinema: The Rebirth of Tragedy

Jennifer Connelly has become incredibly good at portraying women whose lives are swirling round and around on the verge of going completely down the toilet. In fact, she won an Oscar for A Beautiful Mind playing such a character and should have won one for her role in Requiem for a Dream, too.

by Randall Smith on February 4, 2004March 17, 2013

The Monologues

A wise man once (last week) asked me to explain something to him without using any vowels. A bit daunted, I found the task impossible and instead opted to point at a body part and back away. Yet days later, still inspired by this man’s intellectually stimulating challenge, I considered trying to write this article without using the word “vagina.

by Rachel Axelbank on February 11, 2004March 17, 2013

Night of the Assassins: A Review

If a really good play goes up in a forest, does anyone care? I stumbled into Matthews Acting Studio last Thursday in my usual state— disheveled, confused, busily muttering banalities to imaginary socialites while bundled in my button-less vintage coat.

by Patrick Cunningham on February 18, 2004March 17, 2013

Arrivederci, Baby

The last episode of Sex and the City was totally awesome, and I should know because I watched it.

by Ari Samsky on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013

Clouds

The crowd at Theatre Intime on the opening night of Clouds was definitely “intime”. The number of people on stage was roughly mirrored by the number of people in the audience, which incidentally consisted of close friends (read: relatives) of … Read More

by Nicki Chandris on February 25, 2004March 17, 2013

Aloft and Not a Little Aloof

Chang-rae Lee’s third novel, Aloft, released earlier this month, is a book of firsts.

by Eleanor Barkhorn on March 24, 2004March 17, 2013

Narcissistic Love Fest

The last time I was in a “gallery” was when, having in my three months in Rome long exhausted all the great venues, I jumped into a cab and decided to take a look-see at the Roman Napoleonic Museum and … Read More

by Patrick Cunningham on March 24, 2004March 17, 2013

Intime Knows that Sex Sells

They say you learn something new every day. “Aight,” you’re going, “but do you really?” I’m gonna go out on a limb now and say that that’s the basic premise of this here education: learning. But even if I’m generous … Read More

by Rachel Axelbank on March 24, 2004March 17, 2013

A Beautiful Spotless Mind

Seriously, Charlie Kaufman is tha man: in the past five years, he has penned the unbelievable scripts for Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, Confessions of a Beautiful Mind, and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. In such a short period, he … Read More

by Mike Jorgensen on March 24, 2004March 17, 2013

David Brundige Broke My Heart

David Brundige’s senior thesis production, “Pig Tails,” reviewed. “Go see ‘Pig Tails,'” writes Gold.

by Jacob O. Gold on March 24, 2004March 17, 2013

Licking Popes is Icky

Let me tell you a story—not too many months ago, a creative writing professor gave me some “truth hurts, kiddo,” criticism.

by Patrick Cunningham on March 31, 2004March 17, 2013


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