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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Television and Film

“Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story” features brilliant performances from actors Nicholas Chavez and Cooper Koch.

Reel Thoughts: ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ utilizes the Rashomon Effect at the expense of accurately portraying the case

October 17, 2024

This article contains spoilers. After going viral on TikTok in 2020, the Menendez brothers have once again captivated public attention, decades after their series of trials in the 1990s. This time,...

“The Apprentice,” starring Sebastian Stan and Jeremy Strong, was released on Friday.

Reel Thoughts: ‘The Apprentice’ satisfies all our perverse curiosities about Donald Trump

October 16, 2024

Content warning: This article discusses sexual assault. It’s easy to assume that presidential candidate Donald Trump, whose name has become practically synonymous with a brash, unapologetic, anti-establishment,...

Adam Joel’s “The Last Drop” highlights the hidden signs of abuse through a short, sci-fi lens in time for Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

Sci-fi film “The Last Drop” debuts for Domestic Violence Awareness Month

October 10, 2024

Content warning: This story discusses domestic abuse. Chicago-based filmmaker and survivor of domestic violence Adam Joel (Communication ’18) debuted his abuse prevention, science-fiction short film...

“Joker: Folie à Deux” tries to be a musical and a drama, but accomplishes neither.

Reel Thoughts: ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’ is fully a deuce

October 6, 2024

Barely halfway through “Joker: Folie à Deux,” the Joker’s star-crossed lover Lee Quinzel (Lady Gaga) asks her beau: “Isn’t this more fun than a movie?” Quinzel may be right to distinguish...

Francis Ford Coppola released his most recent directorial feature on Friday.

Reel Thoughts: Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ delivers miniature returns

September 29, 2024

Francis Ford Coppola, 85-year-old director, may have the best four-film run yet. Beginning in 1972 and concluding in 1979, Coppola directed “The Godfather,” “The Conversation,” “The Godfather...

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