Reckoning with apocalypse in 'Afire'
By Annie Zhang | 19 hours agoIn Christian Petzold’s Silver Bear-winning film "Afire" (2023), love is all-consuming.
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Weathering the storm: Sights and sounds from the Engineering Master’s Talent Show
By Bennett Gillespie | YesterdayThe Engineering Master’s Talent Show, hosted by Duke’s Engineering Master’s Programs' Dance Club and Music Club Sept. 22, was a sterling display of the many talents Pratt students have honed outside the classroom.
'Walk Up' explores the intertwining of home and self
By Kadin Purath | 2 days agoIn "Walk Up", a building acts as both a bridge beyond and above the self-centeredness of the lead character and a vessel for his worst qualities.
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Welcome to TikTok's 'girl' cinematic universe
By Olivia Prusky | 4 days agoOur social media feeds are full of "girl math," "girl dinner" and the "strawberry girl." Why is every recent TikTok trend based on girls – especially given the cancellation of “girlboss” just a few years ago?
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Preview: Slingshot Festival brings eclectic EDM music to Durham
By Jane Neavin and Oana Djibom | 5 days agoMarking its second year in Durham, Slingshot will include a diverse array of notable and up-and-coming artists that dabble within the bounds of dance, electronic, pop and experimental music.
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Duke student band Weekend Therapy talks inspirations, origin stories and plans for the future
By Bennett Gillespie | September 24, 2023Weekend Therapy, the Duke student band that opened last semester's LDOC concert, synthesizes a unique rock and R&B sound – and has some exciting plans in the works.
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Understanding a marriage through a father in 'Lost in Translation'
By Kadin Purath | September 23, 2023In “Lost in Translation” (2003), an eighteen-year-old Scarlett Johansson and mid-to-late career Bill Murray have a semi-platonic one-week fling in Japan that's influenced as much by director Sofia Coppola's relationship to her father as her crumbling marriage.
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Peripheries and parallels: A conversation with 2018 Goncourt Prize Laureate Nicolas Mathieu
By Katherine Zhong | September 22, 2023On Sept. 13, the Duke Department of Romance Studies hosted Nicolas Mathieu, winner of the 2018 Prix Goncourt (Goncourt Prize) for his novel “And Their Children After Them” (“Leurs Enfants Après Eux”), for a round-table conversation. The Prix Goncourt, often considered the French equivalent of the Pulitzer Prize, includes such past winners as Marcel Proust, Simone de Beauvoir and Marguerite Duras.
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From festival to arena: The impact of fast fashion on the concert industry
By Anna Chen | September 22, 2023Fast fashion and single-wear outfits are inextricably tied to the festival and concert industry – and a major contributor to overconsumption.
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The well-overdue return of 'Oldboy' to American audiences
By Alex Berkman | September 21, 2023Park Chan-wook’s 2003 film, re-released last month for its 20th anniversary, is violent, action-packed and extremely visceral – but "Oldboy" is so much more than the sheer shock value it provides.
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Birdmen demystified: What were those bird statues on campus?
By Luca Laureno | September 20, 2023Earlier this month, students observed mysterious bird-like sculptures strolling around Duke’s campus. What were these strange creatures, and who brought them here?
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Ballet Ashani's 'Giovanni's Room' is a powerful reimagining of a classic story
By Amaris Man and Phoenix Chapital | September 18, 2023Ballet Ashani’s “Giovanni’s Room” is a poignant and fresh success that reimagines James Baldwin’s characters and brings life to present-day Paris.
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Duke Arts Block Party: Sights and sounds in retrospect
By Arnav Jindal and Shankul Lohakare | September 18, 2023Duke Arts Presents hosted its annual block party Sept. 5, highlighting their rebrand and kicking off Arts Week at Duke with a magical night of performances and activities.
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'Adventure Time: Fionna and Cake’ is a triumphant return to a magical world
By Bennett Gillespie | September 17, 2023While it occasionally strains under the weight of its admittedly bizarre core concept, “Fionna and Cake” makes it clear that the ingredients making “Adventure Time” special haven’t gone anywhere.
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Crocs are my ideal shoe
By Arnav Jindal | September 16, 2023I have personally worn Crocs daily for the last 17 years of my life, and I have never once doubted their comfort.
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One last time in the chamber: The Emerson Quartet's farewell to Duke
By Jun Tan and Zev van Zanten | September 15, 2023The Emerson Quartet's final performance at Duke felt at once powerful and bittersweet.
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Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month at Duke and beyond
By Luca Laureno | September 14, 2023Both on and off Duke’s campus, there are many ways for students to interact with Latine culture or perhaps celebrate their own ancestry during Hispanic Heritage Month.
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Duke Arts Presents features first live VR performance 'Slumberland'
By Kerria Weaver | September 13, 2023The performance, which explored stories of sleepless youth through virtual reality, was featured by Duke Arts Presents.
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Bringing in the heat: Hopscotch Music Festival preview
By Katherine Zhong , Max Ma and Tina Qian | September 8, 2023A three-day music event held annually in the heart of Raleigh, N.C., Hopscotch Music Festival will bring an eclectic array of performers to the Triangle this week from Sept. 7–9.
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'In the End It Always Does' captures self-shattering desire
By Billy Cao | July 30, 2023“In the End” is, to be sure, an album about loss, despair, mourning and the frustration of failing to obtain one’s object of desire. But what is so distinctive about Bain’s production is the playful exuberance with which she broaches the vicissitude of her desire.