8 Mile
Jimmy Smith Jr. (Eminem) struggles to close the eight mile gap that separate his trailer trash upbringing from the suburban neighborhoods of Detroit. By day Smith labors in a factory, and at night perfects his flow on the streets. Yet he’s constricted by his fear of performing in front of an audience.
Far From Heaven
Directed by: Todd Haynes
Starring: Julianne Moore, Dennis Quaid, Dennis Haysburt, Patricia Clarkson, Viola Davis
Playing at: Opens November 22
The tension beneath the calm face of the 1950s
by Matt McCluskey
Melodrama, a mode of theatrical storytelling and classical film genre, lost most of its steam a few decades ago and has now become a sort of criticism in our modern language.
Welcome to a village, named after a chronically masturbating lunatic, where lovers light up the night sky with their carnal appetites and villagers ride colorful floats wrapped with droves of butterflies. Follow a young man self-named “All-Night,” and his dog that has a penchant for mastication, on a journey to a place that no longer exists, looking for a woman who has no name.
Black Eyed Peas
Behind the Front (1998)
With their first studio release, the California trio blasted onto the scene with strong hip-hop rhythms backed by funky drumbeats borrowed from acid-jazz and underground sounds. In the midst of the seemingly unlimited success of hip-hop’s hard-hitting gansta rap, Black Eyed Peas broke out of the stereotypical West Coast rap style to bring back acoustic instruments, smooth vibes, and contemplative lyrics not seen since De La Soul or Digable Planets.
“I don’t mind it much. Classes give me something to do.”
Richard Worth
Class of 2004
Economics/Spanish
“I don’t want to go to school. There hasn’t been enough time to see all the people yet. I don’t want to just do the small talk, ‘hey, how’s your summer’ thing.
Things we’re excited about.
Summer is coming up and it’ll be socially appropriate to sit on the porch every night at 7 pm and watch the sun go down. In your boxers.
Times may change, but dogs are always cute.
Feeling the grass beneath our feet, not constricted by those frivolous things called shoes.
Speeding down Rt. 70 last week, Norma Patterson was shocked by an image on the billboard that flew by. This local educator wasn’t stunned by the gratuitous use of sex, nor a distasteful cigarette ad, nor the latest promise of religious salvation; she saw the black and white work of a twelve-year-old photographer; a beacon of art, shining upon the city below.
The attacks of September 11 came as a shock and outrage to millions of Americans across the country. Some took up arms against faceless foes, some fought against the racial discrimination of innocents, and some shouldered the pain of lives lost. Lloyd Kleine Harvey, a native of St. and adopted New Yorker, created art. Harvey has spent the entirety of his life as the witness of violence and hate, the most recent of which brought destruction to the city he loves.
Millions of music fans across the world know of the name Nelly, one that has become synonymous with St. Louis. However, there is another local name that is not so well know, the man who stands behind the name in lights. WU adjunct professor of Law Jeff Michelman is an intellectual properties lawyer who advises [...]
Bad Ronald is everything that your mom doesn’t want you to listen to. Bad Ronald is the band that you put on while you get messed-up with your high school buddies in the basement. Bad Ronald is the latest in the line of white rappers singing about drugs, sex, and anything else profane, following such [...]
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