By Georgie Gassaro, Life and Culture Editor
• November 5, 2024
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s “Agatha All Along” skillfully balances both blockbuster and comic expectations, featuring jaw-dropping character reveals, seamless execution of nonlinear storytelling...
By Will Caron, Contributing Writer
• October 30, 2024
“Venom: The Last Dance” was released Thursday, Oct. 24 by Sony Pictures. Serving as director Kelly Marcel’s final installment in the Venom franchise, “The Last Dance” was tasked with saying goodbye to audiences’ favorite symbiotic alien duo crisply and satisfyingly, while still keeping the pure ridiculousness the franchise is known for at its core. In this department, “Venom: The Last Dance” succeeds. While this movie does not particularly innovate or change the game, Tom Hardy delivers a fun final performance as both reporter Eddie Brock and Venom, an evil alien turned Eddie’s soulmate.
Surviving through the pandemic, Cinemapolis has stood as a town staple rooted in Ithaca’s rich film heritage. Despite the theater’s resilience, it became increasingly difficult for the theater to maintain its business as its space’s rent continuously increased. As of Oct. 1, Cinemapolis was at risk of shutting down completely because of rising rent. In order to preserve its existence, the theater took the step of buying up the space.
Tavern on The Commons is a new bar that opened Oct. 2. It is still in its opening phase, but with its team’s vast experience with bars and nightlife entertainment, they hope to bring a new bar experience to The Commons for the different demographics of downtown Ithaca. The bar took over the space on Seneca Street previously occupied by Kilpatrick’s Publick House.
By Georgie Gassaro, Life and Culture Editor
• October 30, 2024
Both casual gamers and Roblox fanatics have found a virtual runway in “Dress to Impress.” “Dress to Impress” is a free, online multiplayer video game where players compete in a themed runway fashion competition. The game was created on Roblox in November 2023 by Roblox user and teenager Gigi, who is known solely by the mononymous name. Themes in the game have included ancient civilization, aquatic, back-to-school, birthday, celebrity, clean girl aesthetic, cottagecore, mall goth, pastel goth and Harajuku.
By Georgie Gassaro, Life and Culture Editor
• October 30, 2024
Ithaca College’s stage productions have worked with other external performance spaces in the past, but never before has the college joined forces with the Hangar Theatre, nor have two large-scale student productions shared a performance space over two weeks as they did with the productions of “Stupid F##king Bird” and “Fever/Dream.” From Oct. 24 through Nov. 3, these two comedic drama adaptations were in rotating repertory at the Hangar Theatre.
Pixies has come back to haunt October with their spooky spectacular ninth studio album “The Night the Zombies Came.” The album holds a theme of horror with stories of zombies, hypnosis and being chased from the perspective of a decapitated chicken. The band has been long known for its imprint on rock music in the 1980s and early 1990s, but as of March this year, its bassist Paz Lenchantin left the group and fans have been eager to hear what the band’s new sound will be. Emma Richardson, the new bassist, pulls through with her smooth vocals on various tracks in the new album. Bass lines are the glue to any song and Richardson proves her ability to keep up with the large shoes left for her to fill, while also adding her own style.
By Eva Leon, Contributing Writer
• October 29, 2024
An eager group of amateur bakers from Tompkins County gathered at the Bernie Milton Pavilion on Oct. 19 to show off their creative confections at the Sophie Fund’s 9th Annual Cupcake Contest. Scott Macleod and Susan Hack, along with friends and family, founded the Sophie Fund in 2016 after their daughter, Sophie Macleod, died by suicide. The Sophie Fund is a nonprofit organization based in Ithaca that aims to support mental health initiatives specifically aimed toward young people.
Good Head is a five piece band made up of Cornell University students: vocalist and guitarist Vince Tedesco ’26, vocalist and keyboardist Joseph Wolff ’26, drummer Owen Mowry ’26, bassist Nick Wilson ’26 and guitarist Will Moss ’26. On Oct. 18, the band alongside another Cornell band, Spit! performed a show for Thread Magazine, Cornell’s fashion, art and culture club magazine at a student-run co-op.
By Lucia Iandolo, Assistant Photo Editor
• October 26, 2024
“We Live In Time,” starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh, uses nonlinear storytelling to portray the beautifully gut-wrenching relationship between Tobias Durand (Garfield) and Almut Brühl (Pugh) over the course of a decade. This deeply moving romance follows the lives of the couple as their relationship forms and is challenged by managing the concept of time and how fast it passes.
The Academic Quad outside of the Ithaca College Library is a bustle of activities in the warmer days leading up to winter. This fall, however, a new face has emerged as a frequent patron of the outdoors. Almost every day — weather accommodating — first-year student Ashton Spinale sets up on the quad with his yo-yo and a pair of AirPods. Spinale said he listens mostly to pop, some rap and whatever his favorite songs are at the time. The music is essential because happy, upbeat songs get him ready to yo-yo to the rhythm.
By Georgie Gassaro, Co Life and Culture Editor
• October 24, 2024
While a night out at the movies only takes a few hours, it can take anywhere from one to three years for a movie to advance from the first drafts of a script to post-production and eventually the silver screen. History has proven that this production timeline is subject to unprecedented delays with uncertain effects, whether that be as a result of a global pandemic or a movement of unionized strikes.