The resident dance company on campus this semester is AXIS, the Oakland-based ensemble known in the United States for its repertory of works exploring the performance of dancers who, in relation to movement, are compromised. But as soon as audiences discover AXIS, they quickly realize the dancers are not compromised at all.
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News, reviews, events, and other stories based in arts and entertainment. Also featuring art from the Mills community.
Superbad is not a movie. It is an experience. Good movies refresh clich‚d plots. And Superbad does just that. Its entire 114 minute run can be summed up in one sentence: two high school friends go to extremes so that they can buy enough alcohol for their prospective hotties to screw (and maybe love) them.
Aven Ascher is a difference person when she's dancing.
Senior Melissa Ghorbani has rented a studio space in Alameda and plans to continue working on art after Mills.
Senior Vanessa Beggs has had a very musical life.
A good movie tells a story. A mediocre movie wanders off to tell another story. A great movie manages to tell the same story from different perspectives. Namesake, adapted from Jhumpa Lahiri's novel, borders on that greatness. Sooni Taraporevala's screenplay, combined with Mira Nair's directing, give the film an easy intimacy.
Grindhouse is a double feature from directors Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino. The production lasts a full three hours and consists of Planet Terror, a feature directed by Rodriguez, and Death Proof, directed by Tarantino. Also included are three previews whose releases are only a false threat: Machete, directed by Rodriguez, Werewolf Women of the S.