Arts & Review Articles

The Nightmare Before the Wedding Night ...

By Ross Warren
After wowing audiences this summer with his hyper-visual remake of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Tim Burton is back with a project close to his heart (or, perhaps, his grave).

Wild Eyes get, appropriately, wild

By Nick Feeley
There are many different types of noise. There's the noise of your surroundings - cars honking, construction equipment operating, trains rattling. There's the noise of animals - the baying of dogs, the squealing of cats - you get the idea. And then there is the noise the Wolf Eyes create - brutal, turgid, violent, and completely enthralling.

Ozomatli brings the party to your house

By Canyon Cody / Heights Senior Staff
The guys from Ozomatli doesn't give concerts - they throw parties. Anyone fortunate enough to have been to an Ozomatli party knows that it involves much more that your typical concert. With the band's new DVD Live at the Fillmore, Ozomatli brings the party home for everyone who hasn't had the chance to catch the real thing.

Movie Review: Suddenly losing your luggage doesn't seem so bad

By Julianne Smith
Jodie Foster always seems to be getting herself into mystifyingly frightening situations. In her latest movie, Flightplan, she does just that when her 6-year-old daughter vanishes mid-flight between Berlin and New York.

Movie Review: When complicated equations are the least of your problems

Gwyneth Paltrow reprises her theater role in the film adaptation of the acclaimed Proof

By Katie Hayes
As a play by David Auburn, Proof won both the Tony for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize in 2001. Any successes it achieves as a movie will likely pale in comparison, but its stellar cast ensures a smooth transition from stage to screen.

Now Playing on Jack Politis' iPod

By April Rondeau
Man Behind the Music Jack Politis, A&S '07, describes his musical tastes as "incredibly diverse yet with hipster and baroque pop trends" and often thinks of his iPod playlist as the soundtrack to his life. And really, who doesn't? Practically famous among certain Boston College folks for having portrayed a very convincing Jesus in last spring's CCE show (look for the fall murder mystery in mid-November), this philosophy major and physics minor has plenty to offer his adoring fans.

Column: A long affair with sports and music

By Gregory White
After enduring one of the worst athletic losses ever in my career of fandom, with those awful, arrogant FSU supporters strutting around like members of Van Halen during the David Lee Roth era, I began to contemplate all that sports have meant to me. It's a complicated subject matter, considering I played ice hockey for nine years and umpteen other sports in my youth, but it was my way of putting the very discouraging evening into perspective, since I was trying to avoid the other, more nefarious paths.