Arts & Living

When I sat down in the theater to watch “Venom,” I fully expected to hate it. I resented (and still do resent) Sony’s attempt to launch its own Spider-Man spinoff movie without actually connecting it to Spider-Man himself. The trailers and marketing of “Venom” had left a

The decision to remake “A Star Is Born” was, frankly, questionable. Bradley Cooper’s directorial debut starring Lady Gaga and Cooper himself was a fourth take on the story after previous iterations in 1937, 1954 and 1976. The choice falls squarely in line with the recent Hollywood trend of cashing

In this age of Tinder, political taboos and quarter-life crises, young adult romances are complicated. Director and writer Eugene Kotlyarenko attempts to dissect these trying times in his latest feature-film “Wobble Palace.” Drawing upon his own experience in a failing open relationship during the 2016 presidential election, he

On Sept. 26, faculty, students and book-lovers alike gathered at Amherst Books to see Monique Truong, author of the award-winning “The Book of Salt,” read an excerpt from her forthcoming novel “The Sweetest Fruits.” Part of the Amherst College Visiting Writers Series, a series of book events sponsored

Confluences: Lost & Found in Translation, founded in April 2018 by Hapshiba Kwon ’20, Aqiil Gopee ’20 and Emily Merriman, a Writing Center associate and advisor, is a new magazine that celebrates multilingualism. Featuring articles and translations by students, staff and faculty who have multilingual experiences, the magazine aims to