Shut Up and Play the Hits does not portray its rock-star subject as any sort of extraordinary person. He’s just a regular dude who made a few cool albums. While we see the banality of his daily life, we also get a top-quality concert movie—just not quite enough of each.

The House I Live In is a dark, fascinating, upsetting documentary that digs deep into the drug war in America. Because of its in-depth interviews, masterful editing, beautiful camerawork, and rock-solid research, it may just be the best documentary I have ever seen.

Safety Not Guaranteed is a unique low-budget sci-fi adventure with very little sci-fi. Aubrey Plaza’s slight break of type allows her to shine in a role that really could not be played by anyone else. It has a bit of action, lots of laughs, and even some awkward sexual encounters.

Liberal Arts is a heartfelt comedy with a great cast and a plot to breakdown any current undergrad with a soul. It is cute without being schmaltzy (most of the time), and puts a new spin on the “attractive sad boy meets attractive sad girl” story.

Our little girls are growing up. This week’s episode of Mad Men explored the relationships between parents and daughters and the inevitable conflicts that arise when the daughters grow up. [...]

The Gleecap is a column dedicated to a recap and review of the zany antics that occur in each episode of the television show Glee. Blog posts will be released each Wednesday following an [...]

Armando Iannucci, the creator and writer of HBO’s new political satire Veep, is no stranger to lampooning government figures. Iannucci has also spearheaded the popular BBC comedy The Thick of [...]

All photos by Tara Jayakar As we’ve said before, shows at BU Central are vastly under-attended. It seems to be the kind of place where if you’re in, you’re in [...]

After one of the worst weeks in his four-year spell as Barcelona’s manager, Josep  ”Pep” Guardiola announced at approximately 1:30PM Spanish time that he would be leaving the club at season’s [...]

Playoffs bring out the extremes in any sport. The race for the top prize in a league on any level is almost always called a “battle.” Nowhere is the battle [...]

Imagine this: it is four p.m., that time of day between lunch and dinner when the dreadful stomach grumbling begins. Focusing on anything other than food for more than thirty [...]

This Thursday at 8 p.m., thousands of people will cram inside the Radio City Music Hall in New York City to watch a spectacular show. No, it’s not the Radio [...]