Movie Review | One and a half out of Five Stars
Barkley Michaelson, the protagonist of "Nobel Son" (2008), tells the audience, "The truth is good and bad are not so absolute." Maybe he's right in his own crazy, fast-paced, saturated world. It is difficult to say the same in the world of cinema.
Installation Preview
A stroll through Harvard Yard this week might bring visitors more than they bargained for. Dec. 10 marks the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), and Harvard has orchestrated a slew of events and a thought-provoking art installation to celebrate the occasion.
The MFA Thesis Exhibition in the Tufts University Art Gallery is currently hosting the works of Daniel Phillips and Eugene Scott Finney, two graduate students pursuing a Masters in Fine Arts degree through a combined degree program with Tufts and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (SMFA).
Movie Review | Three out of Five Stars
Historical drama is a difficult genre. Such a film needs the proper balance of entertainment value and historical accuracy on top of all the qualities that made a quality film: good directing, strong acting and an intelligent script. Director Ron Howard is frequently guilty of exaggerating history and twisting the truth in some of his other films such as "Apollo 13" (1995) and "A Beautiful Mind" (2001).
