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Gianna Horcher | Graphic Artist

What’s love got to do with it? Unconventional romance movies for Valentine’s Day

Ruby Voge February 12, 2025
Sometimes, we’re looking for something a little different that breaks outside of the mold of the traditional boy-meets-girl tropes and plot beats. So, here are five — actually, seven — Valentine’s Day movies that range from slightly unique to unequivocally odd. 
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Horror cinema’s chilling legacy from silent films to scream queens

Isabella Laikin October 28, 2024
With Halloween approaching, grab your comfort blanket, prepare to cover your eyes and get ready to scream, because horror films have a long and chilling history that will leave you completely spellbound.
Victor Frankenstein, played by Sam Wilkins, hovers over the body of The Creature, played by Artem Vazetdinov, in Boston University Stage Troupe’s production of “Frankenstein.” ERIN MOSIER/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

REVIEW: ‘Frankenstein’ is a reanimation of literature on stage

Priyal Patel April 14, 2024
Boston University Stage Troupe electrified BU’s Student Theater with their performance of Shelley’s “Frankenstein,” this weekend, encompassing the original story. Victor Frankenstein, a young scientist who cheats death by creating The Creature, who then lurks behind Frankenstein to understand why his creator made him.
A crowd on Essex Street in Salem, MA. The city reaches its busiest time now, right around Halloween. KATE KOTLYAR/DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Witches, ghouls and everything in between in Salem

Corinne Davidson October 23, 2023
Stepping into downtown Salem is like walking into a Halloween classic: witches at every turn, Frankenstein walking down the street, brick walkways and architecture that is straight out of the 1800s.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

“A Haunting in Venice” and the limits of our beliefs | You Scared Me!

Josh Rosenthal September 21, 2023
In a shocking turn of events, “A Haunting in Venice” — the latest Branagh-Christie pairing — is easily the best project Branagh has directed in years. Even if some of its efforts at crafting horror fall a bit flat, the supernatural mystery offered here makes for an eerie and entertaining watch — one that is far more satisfying than its precursors.
roblox characters

Why I love Roblox as a college student

Melina Nguyen March 31, 2021
When it comes to Roblox, I’ll always feel like that 13-year-old discovering it for the first time.
Dr. Nir Grossman speaks during “Cyborgs, Futurists & Transhumanism.” The event was held at the Boston Museum of Science on March 28. PHOTO BY MAISIE MANSFIELD-GREENWALD/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

‘Cyborgs, Futurists & Transhumanism’ ponders when science fiction may become science

Simone Migliori April 4, 2018

Just over 200 years after the publication of the iconic science fiction novel, Boston’s Museum of Science hosted a discussion of future technology not so far from that of “Frankenstein.” On...

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