Category | Arts

Movie Review: Whip It

Posted on 05 October 2009

Whip It gets female relationships right with its realistic characters and unconventional setting
By Greta Hagen-Richardson
greta-hagen-richardson@uiowa.edu
At the world première of Whip It, Drew Barrymore stood on stage with the dozen women who star in her directorial début. She spoke highly of her “tribe” and spent much of her 20-minute introduction praising them individually for their personal [...]

Movie Review: Zombieland

Posted on 05 October 2009

Zombieland takes some silliness, a little absurdity, eats a little flesh, and pukes it all on the big screen for some classic fun
By ERIC SUNDERMANN
eric-sundermann@uiowa.edu
Grab your weapon of choice — ax, shotgun, or pitchfork. Enter your destination — restroom, gas station, or restaurant. Now — chop, shoot, or stab a blood-spitting, skin-eating monster. Once they’re [...]

CD Reviews: Alice in Chains and the Melvins

Posted on 29 September 2009

This week’s reviews: Alice in Chains and the Melvins

Jean-Luc Godard double feature at Bijou

Posted on 25 September 2009

The French New Wave is in rare form this week at the IMU’s Bijou Theater. Hitting the silver screen are the previously unavailable Jean-Luc Godard films, *Made in U.S.A* and *Two or Three Things I Know About Her*, as a double feature.
Tonight, *Made in U.S.A.* screens at 7 p.m. and *Two or Three Things I [...]

The future of television

Posted on 22 September 2009

The Internet is taking over — making television increasingly irrelevant.

Volcano Choir, Yoko Ono, and Mika Reviews

Posted on 22 September 2009

This week in music

Welcome to the Arts Blog!

Posted on 13 September 2009

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