Though it may seem that way, Plume Giant’s new music video for “We Got It Made” is not — I repeat, not — affiliated with Sesame Street. It’s easy to think as much, given the video’s colorful costumes, chorus line dancing and understated wisps of animation. Still, while Elmo doesn’t make an appearance, “We Got It Made” is »
“Silver Linings Playbook,” from off-Hollywood-center director David O. Russell, revels in its depictions of how life snaps between cringing and laughter. Yes, it will make you uncomfortable, but that’s only because it’s honest and daring in its pursuit of dramatic-comedic intensity. Due to a violent episode fueled by his bipolar disorder, Pat Solatano (Bradley Cooper) »
This is a film review from Patrice Bowman, who writes the newly revamped WEEKEND blog column: “The 21st Century through a Monochrome Lens: Re-examining Older Films.” Although I can do without gratuitous sex scenes in my flicks, I congratulate “The Sessions,” an independent film by Ben Lewin, for attempting to do what many mainstream Hollywood pictures don’t »
Harvard’s notoriously classless “comedy” group On Harvard Time released a parody video yesterday in anticipation of the upcoming Yale-Harvard game, which will take place this Saturday. But if the video was intended to intimidate any Yalies, it’s having the opposite effect: The video is terrible. Based on the premise of “West Side Story,” the video »
At 8:53 p.m., the Yale College Council attempted to solicit student input on improving campus safety. Its plan? Share a Google Doc with the entire campus community. Students were all too excited to participate. The document spawned some productive suggestions before being rapidly overrun by Internet “trolls.” As of press time, some popular suggestions ranged »