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Review: ‘The Room Next Door’ closely examines death

Dec 13, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Content warning: This article contains mentions of suicide. “The Room Next Door” paints a sensitive portrait of two women with differing existential outlooks that are otherwise alike: Martha Hunt (Tilda Swinton) and Ingrid Parker (Julianne Moore) share a love of writing, penchants for travel and even a past flame. After working together at Paper Magazine for several years, the two lost contact –– Martha worked as a wartime journalist and Ingrid moved abroad, and became a novelist.
10 songs for your your cold-weather playlist

Nov 19, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs |Kaleo Zhu |Dani Biondi |Ella Sabrina Malabanan |Annie Emans |Amelia Knust | +4 more

It’s finally feeling like winter is near, and these songs will let you lean into your chilly-weather sensibilities. November 19, 2024 Sure, it hit 80 degrees on Halloween. But as we creep into the second half of November, it’s hard to deny that students are breaking out their winter coats and bracing for colder days. The switch from warm weather bangers to sweater weather songs can impact our playlists just as much as our clothing.
Review: ‘The Line’ illustrates the consequences of tradition

Oct 31, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Spoiler warning: This review contains spoilers. There’s something unrelentingly disturbing about a film that can strip an already controversial institution naked and leave viewers feeling shaken, but not surprised. “The Line” sings the tale of the fictional fraternity Kappa Nu Alpha, an organization grounded in the values of fellowship and loyalty.
Review: Hippo Campus’ ‘Flood’ is a warm and welcome look at getting older

Sep 27, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

With witty lyricism and stripped-back production style, the band delivers pearls of wisdom on its latest album. September 27, 2024 Despite writing over 100 songs over the course of five years for its fourth studio album, Midwest indie rock band Hippo Campus chose to release only 13. Dissatisfied with the production process, its members retreated to prominent Texas recording studio Sonic Ranch, where they recorded select tracks to master an album they could all be proud of.
Review: Miranda Lambert heads back home on ‘Postcards from Texas’

Sep 24, 2024 | ourcommunitynow.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Share Unstable breakups. New friends at the bar. Drunken hookups. These are just some of the trials and tribulations Miranda Lambert takes listeners through in her new album, “Postcards from Texas.” After breaking through with her 2005 album “Kerosene,” the Texas-born, Nashville resident secures her place within the country zeitgeist by consistently surprising the scene.
Rex Orange County’s ‘The Alexander Technique’ encourages introspection amid pandemonium

Sep 13, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

The cover for “The Alexander Technique” consists solely of a manila folder set against a sterile, white background, the album’s title inscribed down the side. Its first song, “Alexander,” initially appears just as clinical as its visuals: Alexander James O’Connor, the face behind Rex Orange County, describes a visit to the doctor to treat his chronic back pain.
Review: Tisch photography highlights individuality at senior thesis exhibition

Apr 30, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Through a series of photographs and interactive installations, the ground floor Gulf + Western Gallery and eighth floor gallery of the Tisch School of the Arts displays the sum of four years of study. Curated by adjunct professor Kalia Brooks, the work of each student is displayed in the form of several articles suspended from the gallery walls or placed atop pedestals, with many consisting of interactive installations alongside the photography itself.
Review: girl in red’s ‘I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!’ freshly approaches artistic development

Apr 22, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Do you listen to girl in red? The recent release of her second studio album serves as a prime incentive to do so and acquaint yourself with the artist. Singer-songwriter Marie Ulven Ringheim, better known as girl in red, released “I’M DOING IT AGAIN BABY!” on April 12. While brief — a collection of 10 songs lasting just short of a half hour — she manages to illustrate a journey of mature love and self-image.
Review: Olivia Rodrigo spills her ‘GUTS’ at MSG

Apr 12, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

The second show of Olivia Rodrigo’s four-night sold-out escapade in New York City found the streets outside Madison Square Garden packed with purple. Rodrigo took to MSG on April 5, 6, 8 and 9 with opener The Breeders. Alongside hits from her September sophomore album release of “GUTS,” she gave fans tastes of “SOUR” classics.
Elinor Kry discusses visual artistry in a visual world

Apr 3, 2024 | nyunews.com | Eleanor A. Jacobs

Within the fields of arts, fashion and culture, photographer and Tisch sophomore Elinor Kry discusses what keeps herself and her creative vision anchored. April 3, 2024 Elinor Kry received her first camera in fifth grade, a gray Sony digital picked out by her dad from a Black Friday sale. She took the camera on a trip to Japan that winter, during which she learned the fun in capturing scenery and moments abroad.