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The Student-Run Newspaper of Williams College Since 1887

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Alex Honnold leaves audience spellbound in "Free Solo"

Alex Honnold leaves audience spellbound in “Free Solo”

Cecelia Messbauer November 7, 2018

Horror films weren’t the only option for experiencing vicarious terror on the big screen this Halloween. The opening shot of Free Solo, the National Geographic-produced documentary about superstar...

Netflix's "Bobby Kennedy for President" follows legacy of the late senator

Netflix’s “Bobby Kennedy for President” follows legacy of the late senator

Arrington Luck November 7, 2018

The third chapter of the Netflix documentary series Bobby Kennedy for President, which played at Images Cinema on Sunday, is bookended by scenes of violence. The show’s opening credits are followed...

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Colette, an intense turn-of-the-century period character drama, features superstar lead Keira Knightley

“Colette” tells the novel truth of a controversial French author

Cecelia Messbauer October 24, 2018

Just a few weeks after showing The Wife, Images Cinema has showcased yet another tense character drama revolving around a prodigal young female writer whose talents are stolen by her husband. In a refreshing...

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Halloween tells the story of a serial killer as he stalks and kills teenage babysitters on Halloween night.

“Halloween” packs theater, remains just as popular on 40th anniversary

Luke Valadie October 24, 2018

Rebooting classic film franchises has been a Hollywood staple for years, and the Halloween series is about to receive this treatment, with a critically acclaimed sequel on the verge of release. The line...

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Michael Moore's new documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, follows President Donald Trump's ascent to presidency

Fahrenheit 11/9 endorses political upheaval

Kenia Cruz October 3, 2018

On Sept. 28 Michael Moore’s new documentary, Fahrenheit 11/9, opened at Images Cinema. The film follows President Donald Trump and his ascent to presidency. The title is a reference to both the famous...

Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall) steals the show as the general manager of Double Whammies, a sports bar that features skimpily dressed waitresses.

Support the Girls brings gritty feminist comedy to the screen

Nandini Seetharaman September 26, 2018

Support the Girls, directed by Andrew Bujalski, is a comedy about what happens when everything goes wrong. The main character, Lisa Conroy (Regina Hall), is the general manager of the highway-side sports...

Glenn Close plays Joan Castleman, the long-suffering wife of novelist Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce).

Glenn Close delivers Oscar-worthy performance in ‘The Wife’

Cecelia Messbauer September 26, 2018

The Wife is an intriguing film, although its immense quality makes it at points hard to watch. The performances are so real, and the reality they capture so unsettling, that there are times when you...

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Crystal Moselle's latest coming-of-age film features a group of young female skateboarders in New York City.

‘Skate Kitchen’ explores sisterhood

Wendy Hernandez September 19, 2018

Crystal Moselle’s Skate Kitchen veers sharply off the path of romantic comedies. It ditches type-casting in favor of a documentary and coming-of-age hybrid for an in-depth look at women in skater subculture....

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This film by Robert Reiner has a good story to tell, but unfortunately comes off as derivative.

‘Shock and Awe’ underwhelms

Mitchell Morris September 19, 2018

Shock and Awe, which opened at Images last week, is a new film by director Rob Reiner that tells the true story of the courageous journalists who challenged the narrative propagated by the George W. Bush...

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