Graphic by Sonia Zahid For Stony Brook students, winter break is a time of rest, relaxation and recuperation. For the Stony Brook Press, it’s our time to reminisce…
Graphic by Liam Hinck The midrange shot is an art form. There’s nothing quite like watching a post-fade rise above the outstretched defender’s hand. As Michael Jordan told…
Trinkets usually have some past life or mysterious allure to them, but what makes a trinket a trinket is up in the air. To learn more about how trinkets are classified outside of personal spaces and the value we tie into them, I reached out to Emily Weiss, the owner of the eclectic vintage shop Beyond the Beaten Path in Eastport.
For Laszlo Toth, an accomplished yet tortured architect with a grand vision for how he can shape the world around him, the end result is the only thing that matters. “The Brutalist” director Brady Corbet offers audiences a film equally unapologetic in its conception.
To understand the nuance the film relies on, we must reflect on the gothic genre, where the fictional vampire was born. Robert Eggers’ “Nosferatu” is multilayered, and by examining the heroine, Ellen, and her relationship to the characters and world she finds herself in, the gothic medium comes back to life in a tantalizing way.
The long-awaited Oasis reunion — and their puzzling new success in the U.S. — also hints at a broader cultural revival given the resurgence of ‘90s Britpop fashion. Think bucket hats, parkas, head to toe Adidas and cigarettes as accessories. Today, some know the casual, post-grunge style as blokecore.
Anora has elements of a film that could have made a powerful and intriguing statement. But what starts as an exploration of the class power dynamics wrapped up in a stripper’s life quickly devolves into an excessively slapstick movie, detracting from the meat of the story.
Queer shows have struggled to survive on television this year, and shows with lesbian or sapphic main characters are canceled at a disproportionate rate.