“My Brilliant Friend”: A Fascinating Adaptation

“My Brilliant Friend” adapts Elena Ferrante’s “Neapolitan Novels” into HBO’s first foreign language series. Kaelyn Milby ʼ22 reviews the series, which follows two friends from childhood to adulthood in twentieth century Italy.

Find Your Fright: What to Watch this Halloween Season

Staff Writer Kaelyn Milby ‘22 shares some fan-favorite films to take your spooky season to new heights. With no shortage of eerie suspense, slasher thrills, and sinister plotlines, this list of horror movies is sure to haunt you all October long.

"Staged": A Zoom Show Defies Performance Convention

The first season of “Staged” is as entertaining as a show filmed over Zoom could be. Every actor in the show manages to showcase their talents despite the lack of a traditional set, turning an interesting experiment into a wonderful product.

Elon Musk's SNL Performance Crash-Lands

Saturday Night Live’s (SNL) ratings have been dropping since the 2020 election [https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/tv-ratings-saturday-sunday-dec-5-6-2020-4101715/amp/] , probably because there are fewer jokes to make about Donald Trump. In an effort to boost ratings, SNL brought business mogul and engineer Elon Musk on as host this past week. With his controversial reputation and significant viewership on Joe Rogan’s YouTube channel, Musk seemed like an apt choice

From Covid Vaccines to YouTube, SNL Thrives With Daniel Kaluuya as Host

In last weekend’s episode of “Saturday Night Live” (SNL), Daniel Kaluuya, who has mostly starred in dramatic roles (most recently, “Judas and the Black Messiah”), showed off his natural comedic timing and charisma as a host for the show. While some of the sketches fell flat, others shone through alongside musical guest St. Vincent’s impressive performance. The episode starts with a cold open sketch of Britney Spears (Chloe Fineman) hosting a talk show wild enough to keep viewers intrigued in th

“Seaspiracy” Takes a Dive Into the Depths of the Fishing Industry

Love seafood? Well, you won’t like this… Ali Tabrizi’s most recent Netflix documentary “Seaspiracy,” released on March 21, exposes the dark underbelly of the global fishing industry and its almost incomprehensibly negative impact on the world’s oceans. “Seaspiracy” follows filmmaker Tabrizi as he treks across the globe, lurking in the shadows to uncover corruption and exploitation in the fishing industry. Along the way, the documentary displays no shortage of disturbing imagery. In one of “Sea

Netflix’s “Night Stalker” Docuseries Unveils the Horrific Events Behind Serial Killer’s Past

Netflix’s new limited docuseries “Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer” uncovers how two Los Angeles detectives, Gil Carillo and Frank Salerno, captured the notorious “night stalker” (Richard Ramirez) in the summer of 1985. The series dives into the events that led to Ramirez’s capture and offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives forever upended by his actions. “Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer” puts the focus largely on Ramirez’s victims and the events preceding his capture

“Behind Her Eyes” Disappoints in a Thrilling but Uninspired Mix of Murder, Mystery and Supernatural Intrigue

“Behind Her Eyes,” based on Sarah Pinborough’s eponymous novel, premiered on Netflix on Feb. 17, 2021. The plot of this six-part mini-series goes something like this: Adele (Eve Hewson), a wealthy woman with a mysterious past, befriends Louise (Simona Brown), helping her night terrors by teaching her how to control her dreams. However, unbeknownst to Adele, Louise is actually the secret lover and co-worker of her husband, Dr. Ferguson (Tom Bateman). As Adele and Louise’s friendship progresses,

Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts Shown at Amherst Cinema

This article may include spoilers. Proceed with caution. During the past couple of weeks, Amherst Cinema screened a series of the five Oscar-nominated animated shorts along with four additional bonus shorts. Packing nine animated shorts into an hour and a half, the series offers films that are at turns heartbreaking, funny, breathtaking, devastating and, in some cases, utterly ridiculous. It is without a doubt the most captivating hour and a half you’ll spend at the movies. Matthew A. Cherry

2020 Oscar-nominated Shorts Playing at Amherst Cinema

Amherst Cinema is currently offering a film series featuring all five Oscar nominated live action shorts. The series starts off with the well-acted and tense “A Sister,” directed by Delphine Girad, before heading into Meryam Joobeur and Maria Garcia Turgeon’s quietly beautiful and haunting “Brotherhood,” allowing the viewer to ease into the captivation of the latter without drowning out the intensity of the former. The next short, Marshall Curry’s “The Neighbor’s Window,” provides some relief

“Fleabag” Season Two Masters the Art of “the Perfect Ending”

If you still have not watched “Fleabag,” do yourself a favor and watch it now, because the second season is just as witty, charming and hilarious as its first. The second season begins with a hilariously awkward dinner party celebrating the engagement between the title character Fleabag’s (Phoebe Waller-Bridge, also the show-creator and writer) father (Bill Paterson) and evil godmother (Olivia Coleman). This event takes place about a year after the devastating season one finale, in which the mai