Continuously, I’ve been on dates with men who seem to have it all. But eventually, when things don’t work out and we go our separate ways, I’ll look back and notice the tiny inconsistencies I missed. This reflection always leads me to the same question: How could I have been so blind?
Emerald Fennell’s film adaption of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights was met with immediate online criticism after the trailer release in September. Fennell’s choice to cast Jacob Elordi as Heathcliff — a character who Brontë repeatedly describes as dark skinned — brushes past the inherent racial identity attached to this character. Her casting inadvertently speaks to a larger issue of how media tends to take a colorblind approach regarding issues about race.
To commemorate its 50th anniversary, the Paris Theater in New York City — the same theater where it initially debuted — held a special viewing of Grey Gardens. The event called for homages to be made towards Big and Little Edie. Julia Fox, whose appearance I had most anticipated, asked the question that many have after watching Big and Little Edie’s lives unravel: Were the women crazy? And if so, does it matter?
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.