Clerks is still Smith's best

Case in point: Has Smith ever made a movie that’s funnier or more profound than “Clerks” (1994)? This was the first film Smith ever made-and when I say “first,” I mean it literally. Smith dropped out of Vancouver Film School after one semester, and he was only 22 when he financed the $27,575 budget of “Clerks” by maxing out 10 credit cards and selling off his comic book collection. $27,575 is less than most movies’ budgets for catering. Smith credits the catering for “Clerks” to Quick Stop Conve

Summer on the silver screen

Faithful summer viewers, however, braved the mediocrity and made their way to ticket counters across America to sift through the dreck of this average cinematic season. Some films were a pleasant surprise. Some films were anything but. And some-well some were just entertaining. And now, without further ado, The Student brings you its overview on a few sections of this ultra-hyped tinseltown spectrum. Moulin Rouge! Yes, we realize that many of you skipped on this pop musical because it looked b

Specks Diner Serves Up Helping of Tasty Drama

“Specks,” an hour-long one-act written by Robert Shimko and directed by Hampshire junior Anna Frazier, played at Hampshire College’s Emily Dickinson Hall Feb. 1 through Feb. 4. A second round of shows begins this Thursday and runs through Feb. 10. “Specks” shares a double billing with “Shifts of Focus,” another one-act written and directed by Hampshire junior Caroline Murphy. Shimko’s play is a chilling, darkly comic exploration of complacency and pent-up frustration. The action takes place in