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Actor Tom Hanks, actress Meryl Streep and director Steven Spielberg (left to right) sat down in a Skype interview to discuss their new movie, "The Post." PHOTO COURTESY OF JUNKET PRODUCTIONS

INTERVIEW: ‘The Post’ maintains modern day relevance in current political climate

Lauren Frias December 11, 2017

Following famous journalistic films like “Spotlight” and “Citizen Kane,” director Steven Spielberg, actress Meryl Streep and actor Tom Hanks all come together for the first time in “The Post,”...

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” is released to universal acclaim. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

INTERVIEW: Greta Gerwig discusses complexity, specificity in “Lady Bird”

Kaya Williams December 4, 2017

“Lady Bird,” writer-director Greta Gerwig’s widely beloved coming-of-age tale set in early-2000’s Sacramento, is a critics’ darling — one that just toppled 1999’s “Toy Story 2” with...

Scott Frank’s mini-series “Godless” premieres on Netflix Nov. 22. PHOTO COURTESY URSULA COYOTE/ NETFLIX

REVIEW: ‘Godless’ captivates with refreshing emotion

Kaya Williams November 27, 2017

Creede, Colorado is a no-man’s land, swarming with dust and sparsely populated with weathered horses and leathery-faced cowboys long divorced from a ranch. The landscape is peppered with corpses...

Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut “Lady Bird” starring Saoirse Ronan debuts Friday. PHOTO COURTESY WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

REVIEW: Greta Gerwig’s ‘Lady Bird’ shines with compassion, warmth

Kaya Williams November 9, 2017

“Lady Bird” glows. There is no other way to describe it. In indie darling Greta Gerwig’s directorial debut, Saoirse Ronan is the titular Christine “Lady Bird” McPherson, a Catholic-school-plaid-clad...

David Sedaris appears at Symphony Hall Wednesday night after publishing “Theft by Finding.” PHOTO COURTESY STEVEN BARCLAY AGENCY

REVIEW: David Sedaris reads as he writes, with empathy, hysterical humor

Kaya Williams October 20, 2017

The urgency of gastrointestinal distress has never sounded as delightfully funny and articulately spoken as it did Wednesday night, when David Sedaris presented a never-before-read essay to an eager...

Women in Music Boston Showcase provides networking, community

Daily Free Press Staff September 24, 2017

[mediagrid cat="42405"] By Kaya Williams and Jenni Todd In a small-but-crowded basement at the Spotify Boston offices on Wednesday night in Somerville, music played not from an app but from three live...

PHOTO BY JACKIE O'BRIEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

FreeP vs. Food: Avocado Toast

Daily Free Press Staff September 21, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] It’s a brunch staple. It’s an Instagram essential. And, according to Australian millionaire Tim Gurner, it’s the reason millennials can’t afford to buy a...

Maria Friedman’s production of “Merrily We Roll Along” premiered Sept. 8 at Huntington Theatre Company and will run through Oct. 15. PHOTO BY VIGUNTHAAN THARMARAJAH/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: “Merrily We Roll Along” is ultimately optimistic, despite context

Kaya Williams September 15, 2017

A spunky, poppy and inevitably toe-tapping overture fills the Huntington Avenue Theatre, aided by a nine-person orchestra so zealous it might as well be a pit of 100 musicians. With an energetic...

Jordan DiFilippo, a featured comedian, tells a joke at the Flat Waffle: Furst is the Wurst comedy hour in BU Central Sunday night. PHOTO BY LEXI PLINE/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Student comedians, comedy groups find home, lots of laughs at BU

Kaya Williams September 14, 2017

If laughter is — as the saying goes — the best medicine, Boston University’s comedy community certainly knows how to write the prescription. The diverse selection of BU student comedy organizations...

"Dream States," running from Sept. 1 to Oct. 14 at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University, is a screening program of contemporary video art. PHOTO BY CHLOE GRINBERG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

“Dream States” exhibition explores relationships between art, media, politics

Kaya Williams September 5, 2017

Among divisive political discourse and an explosive spike in the use of the phrase "fake news," one art collection at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University aims to embrace the divide...

Boston University students Ethan Cole and Jarrett Deutsch open a pop-up restaurant in New York City after a successful run in their West Campus dorm room. PHOTO COURTESY ARAM BOGHOSIAN

BU dorm-based sushi restaurant opens NYC pop-up

Kaya Williams August 19, 2017

The students who swear by the “West is best” mantra may have just secured their convincing evidence: The 803, an omakase sushi restaurant founded in a West Campus dorm by Boston University students...

The Coolidge Corner Theatre, which hosts screenings of classic films and live theater productions, is only a two minute walk from the Coolidge Corner T stop. PHOTO BY MADDIE MALHOTRA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Five Boston art hubs on the MBTA Green Line

Kaya Williams June 7, 2017

In a city as interesting as Boston, it can be difficult to choose from the abundance of activities offered on a daily basis. The Boston Calendar, an online schedule of events in the Greater Boston...

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