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(02/16/21 11:00am)
As someone who enjoys watching and analyzing movies, some of my favorite films are those that dive into the darkest corners of the human psyche and explore some of the most challenging emotions a person can experience. However, at the end of a long week, I just want to sit back and enjoy watching a group of well-dressed young people in Regency-era England attending balls and falling in love. If you are also having a not-so-easy time with everything that's going on and want to watch a comfort movie, I present to you “Emma.”
(02/09/21 11:00am)
Student Art Spotlight: illustration by Megan Liao
(02/14/21 3:38pm)
The work of freelance music composers is not as solitary as it may sound. They collaborate with institutions, theatres, and individuals. They work on solo pieces, operas, orchestra pieces, chamber pieces, and more. They have a flexible working schedule for exploring and envisioning creativity in music, yet they live a busy lifestyle managing their music careers and businesses at the same time. Last Thursday, Feb. 4, the Music department invited freelance composer Stacy Garrop to share experiences and reflections on her career in the first Music Department Colloquium of the semester.
(12/02/20 11:00am)
As the majority of students return to their homes after a quite different Fall semester, those few remaining on campus face long periods of isolation. As seen in the empty streets of Brandeis University, the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic are not only social but also environmental.
(11/17/20 1:56pm)
(11/17/20 11:00am)
The artists’ community at Brandeis has been greatly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. With the art studios adapting their practices according to the required safety measures, the fall 2020 semester has proven to be a challenge for the arts community on campus.
(11/17/20 11:00am)
Although so much is closed or virtual this semester, Brandeis students will be happy to learn that one campus institution is still open in-person: the Rose Art Museum. It offers, as Prof. Gannit Ankori (FA) described it in a Nov. 1 email to the Justice, “a quiet space for reflection, contemplation, and enjoyment” that could be a good mental break from the chaos of 2020 for students, staff and faculty alike. She is an active member of the Rose's Advisory Board, and I recently had the chance to correspond with her about the museum’s current programs and upcoming developments.
(11/10/20 11:00am)
On Nov. 3, as many of my fellow Americans were glued to news broadcasts watching the results of the presidential election, I turned off my phone and opted for some oceanic escapism on Netflix instead. I figured that I was not going to get any answers about who had won the presidency on Tuesday night, so why not immerse myself in something as relaxing and otherworldly as “My Octopus Teacher”?
(11/10/20 11:00am)
Cartoon of the week by Megan Liao
(11/03/20 11:00am)
Cartoon of the week by Megan Liao
(11/03/20 11:00am)
Last Thursday, the Brandeis Schusterman Center for Israel Studies and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research invited Sato Moughalian, a renowned flutist and the author of "Feast of Ashes — The Life and Art of David Ohannessian,” for a virtual lecture on David Ohannessian, a well-known Armenian ceramicist. Moughalian is Ohannessian’s granddaughter, and she spoke about his art and how his experience in the Armenian genocide and being deported influenced his interpretation of ceramics. The event was supposed to happen last spring in person, but because of the pandemic it was rescheduled for this fall.
(10/27/20 10:00am)
Cartoon of the week by Megan Liao
(10/27/20 10:00am)
Moments into its opening scene, “Nomadland” invites us to witness a deeply private moment: after leaving behind most of her belongings in a remote storage post, Frances McDormand’s Fern pulls her white van onto the side of the road, runs out into a vast field, disrobes below her waist and relieves herself. It is a definitive moment in a film full of them, one that makes clear from the outset that “Nomadland” will be unsparing in its depiction of reality.
(10/20/20 10:00am)
For those feeling trapped in quarantine, “Youth” is an invitation to a lush hotel in the Swiss mountains where retired composer Fred Ballinger (Michael Caine) spends his days wandering through verdant fields, getting massages and watching nightly performances from artists in every medium from opera to giant soap bubbles. Yet this idyllic vacation is marred: he is apathetic, his daughter Lena (Rachel Weisz) says, and he refuses to conduct or compose new music.
(10/13/20 10:00am)
“Portrait of A Lady on Fire” is a romantic drama film written and directed by French filmmaker Céline Sciamma. Set in a house in 18th-century Brittany, an island in France, the film tells the story of an unfruitful love between Héloïse, a daughter of an aristocratic family who is reluctantly being forced to marry an Italian courtier, and Marianne, a painter who is hired to paint her portrait. Sciamma challenges conventional feminism and lesbian love through sisterhood, female artisitc recreation and the genuine love accompanied with emancipation.
(10/13/20 10:00am)
Cartoon of the week by Megan Liao
(10/06/20 10:00am)
2020 has been a year of losses and challenges, whether it is the virus that surged across the world from the beginning of the year, or the escalated social tension that got its momentum in the summer. And while the United States is preparing for its presidential election, we were hit by the death of two champions of civil rights: Rep. John Lewis and Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. On Oct. 1, Brandeis Film, Television and Interactive Media; the Department of African and African American Studies; the Department of History and and the Edie and Lew Wasserman Fund invited CEO of Participant David Linde, film director Dawn Porter and Professor Chad Williams (AAAS) for a discussion on the impact of the documentary “John Lewis: Good Trouble,” and the relationship between arts and activism.
(09/22/20 10:00am)
On Monday, Sept. 14, the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies had its fall kickoff event: “The Jews are Coming to Brandeis: A Conversation with the Creators of Israel’s Hit Satire Series.” The event featured Natalie Marcus and Asaf Beiser, creators of the Israeli Academy Award-winning TV show “The Jews are Coming” (Ha-Yehudim Baim) in conversation with Shayna Weiss, Associate Director of the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies. Currently in its fourth season, the show features sketches about Jewish history from biblical times to the present. Think “Horrible Histories,” but with an older target audience and darker, Jewish humor.
(09/22/20 10:00am)
It is unbelievable that, as a sophomore, I’ve spent half of my college experience so far in the COVID-19 pandemic. People call it the new normal, but it will never be normal. As many of us are physically hundreds of miles away, language becomes pale, and our interactions are limited to just a small box on our computer screen. As we are apart from our friends and family, I turn to music to find tranquility. In April, I attended the “Together At Home” online concert initiated by Lady Gaga. When I saw the number of attendees climbing up in the lower-left corner of the video, which showed that millions of people across the globe were attending this concert with me, I felt supported.
(09/15/20 10:00am)
Cartoon of the week by Megan Liao
