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Volume CXXXIII, Number 2 |
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HBO to film Empire Falls scences at
Breckinridge Center
NOEL ROYCROFT, STAFF WRITER
Ten years after Mel Gibson brought his The Man Without
A Face to film at Bowdoin, the College's Breckinridge Public Affairs Center
in York will be featured in HBO's cinematic adaptation of Richard Russo's
novel Empire Falls. [read the article]
The Man in Black fondly remembered
PAT WOODCOCK, STAFF WRITER
Johnny Cash was not an actor; he was purely a performer.
In an age where record labels promote musicians through superficiality,
Cash's image was based on honesty. Cash's conviction powered his witty
stories of love, adversity and the often extremely painful combination
of the two. [read the article]
The sounds of Zimbabwe: mbira master plays Bowdoin
LESLIE BRIDGERS, STAFF WRITER
It's four o'clock on Friday. You might be napping after
class. You might still be napping from the night before. In any case,
lofty thoughts of a night ahead of corkscrews and campus-wides may very
well be brewing in your head-"mmm…beer…ahh." But mbira?
[read the article]
What's happened to B.R.M.C.'s rock'n'roll?
MATT LAJOIE, STAFF WRITER
In April 2001, San Francisco-based rock band Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club, a.k.a. B.R.M.C., released their debut album, which included
the song "Whatever Happened to My Rock 'N Roll." [read
the article]
Best Foreign Film is sehr schön
HANNAH TUCKER, STAFF WRITER
Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) is the story of
a Jewish family who leaves Germany in 1938 for a comparatively grueling
refugee existence on a farm in Kenya. [read
the article]
Sonaar Luthra: DJ of the Week
O: Song, artist, or album that changed your life?
SL: I'm gonna cheat and give three: Bob Dylan's
Blood on the Tracks, Lee Perry and the Upsetters' Super Ape, and Yo La
Tengo's And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside Out. [read
the article]
BFS presents crazy Adaptation
DAVIN MICHAELS, COLUMNIST
This weekend, the Bowdoin Film Society brings to campus
one of the most critically-acclaimed films of 2002: Adaptation. This film,
directed by Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) and written by Charlie
and Donald Kaufman, received four Oscar nominations, including best actor
(Nicholas Cage), best supporting actress (Meryl Streep), best screenplay
(the Kaufman brothers) and best supporting actor (Chris Cooper). [read
the article]
Masque and Gown reads for centennial
BEN ROSEN, STAFF WRITER
As fall rolls around and the leaves change colors, Bowdoin
students take their annual trip to Freeport to stock up on winter clothing.
It's not all same-old, same-old this year, though. Something new is in
the air, and it's the sound of the dramatic readings of one-act plays.
[read the article]
