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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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The classic holdover: A spring break away from home

Ananya Swaroop March 4, 2025
Maybe I’ll wake up without an alarm, make a good breakfast, take a relaxing bath and tick off things from my spring break bucket list. Of course, there will be moments where I’ll wish I was home, but I’ll remind myself that I’ll be okay. And above all, I’ll take it one day at a time. 
Netflix released its first Egyptian original series on Thursday titled “Paranormal.” ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: Egypt’s ‘Paranormal’ connects horror fans near and far

Nicole Bartuch November 6, 2020

Netflix’s highly-anticipated supernatural Arabic drama “Paranormal,” directed by Amr Salama, was released Thursday. The six-episode series is set in 1960s Egypt and is based on a bestselling...

“The Queen’s Gambit,” a seven-part miniseries about chess prodigy Elizabeth Harmon debuted Oct. 23 on Netflix. ILLUSTRATION BY LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ portrays gritty reality of chess champion

Caroline Bowden October 28, 2020

Well-produced television can make almost any profession look enticing, but it takes a stellar cast and a few eye-catching outfits to sell the game of chess as glamorous and alluring material. With all...

Lisa Glebatis Perks spoke about the positive aspects of “binge-watching” television shows during her talk, “Media Marathoning and Affective Involvement,” held Thursday evening at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. PHOTO COURTESY JAMIE GERMANO

INTERVIEW: Lisa Glebatis Perks explains social benefits of “media marathoning”

Jessie Levinson April 4, 2016

When Lisa Glebatis Perks was a graduate student at The University of Texas at Austin, she and her friends would spend a full day watching a marathon of “The Lord of the Rings” extended edition...

Kyle Chandler as John Rayburn (left) and Linda Cardellini as Meg Rayburn star in “Bloodline," a Netflix original series released Friday. PHOTO FROM NETFLIX

REVIEW: Netflix’s glacial “Bloodline” not the family to choose

Conner Reed March 23, 2015

“Sometimes you know something’s coming,” intones detective John Rayburn (Kyle Chandler of “Friday Night Lights” fame) over sweeping shots of the Florida Keys during the opening seconds of “Bloodline,”...

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