Topic: review — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: Arts

Review: Rapture, Blister, Burn explores gender and agency

Rapture, Blister, Burn is an ambitious play that explores themes of female agency, sexual freedom and the toxicity of human nature. With all of its… Read More

by Osose Omofomah
March 2, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: “Cocaine Bear” will make you snort with laughter

How does one begin to describe “Cocaine Bear”? I mean, the title tells you what to expect: Apex predator does illegal stimulant, mayhem ensues. No… Read More

by Dorothy Yaqub
March 2, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: Do Big Kids Cry? is a comedic reflection on youth

At 8 p.m. on the nights of Feb. 17 and 18, the lights dimmed in Gund Gallery’s Community Foundation Theater. An ambitious production was about… Read More

by Dorothy Yaqub
February 23, 2023
Section: Arts

Hamlet inspires Ukrainian play and wartime documentary

On Monday, Ukrainian student Sofiia Shyroka ’25 hosted a film showing of “The Hamlet Syndrome” with the approval of the Krakow Film Foundation. The 2022… Read More

by Annalia Fiore
February 23, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: ‘Corsage’ is a slow-moving Austrian period drama

“Corsage” is the type of film that is better upon reflection than it is upon first viewing. Despite its compelling protagonist and fascinating explorations of… Read More

by Leila Kohn
February 23, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: Battlefield adapts the Mahabharata for the stage

College Dance, Drama and Cinema Club’s (KCDC) latest production to begin. The stage was set with a circular structure of rocks and bamboo-like sticks hanging… Read More

by Leila Kohn
February 9, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: Field’s ‘Tár’ complicates obsessive artist narrative

Lydia Tár, the title character in Todd Field’s most recent feature film, is entirely bewitching. She has the elegance of a queen, residing over her… Read More

by Annalia Fiore
February 2, 2023
Section: Arts

New Gallery exhibit expands discussion around translation

From now until Apr. 2, Gund Gallery is showing a new exhibit entitled Sympathy for the translator. In the show, works by 13 artists across… Read More

by Juwan Jackson
February 2, 2023
Section: Arts

Kokosingers end their winter tour with concert on the Hill

The energy was high at last Friday’s performance of Kenyon’s star tenor-bass a cappella group, the Kokosingers (“Kokes”). The show marked the group’s first performance… Read More

by Delilah Locke
January 26, 2023
Section: Arts

Review: Chazelle’s self-indulgent Hollywood epic, ‘Babylon’

“Babylon” is Hollywood’s latest ode to itself. Written and directed by Damien Chazelle of “La La Land,” “Whiplash” and “First Man” fame, it is a… Read More

by Leila Kohn
January 26, 2023