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(11/14/18 1:00pm)
In 1968, Penn students protesting the war in Vietnam staged rallies outside the on–campus recruiting sessions of Dow Chemical Company, which supplied napalm to the Department of Defense. The demonstrations forced Dow to cancel recruitment events at Penn two years in a row. Anti–war activism only escalated—between February and March 1969, there had already been a six–day College Hall sit–in, a faculty research strike, and numerous student protests against the university’s involvement in biological and chemical warfare research.
(06/28/18 1:00pm)
The rom–com may be making its comeback. On June 15th, everyone’s favorite streaming giant released the Netflix Original Set It Up, a movie about twenty–somethings Harper (Zoey Deutch) and Charlie (Glen Powell), two overworked personal assistants who, in a desire to get more free time for themselves, scheme to matchmake their demanding, workaholic bosses (played with obvious enjoyment by Lucy Liu and Taye Diggs).
(04/16/18 11:11pm)
The windows of Iztaccihuatl were blacked out. Customers who wanted to pick up food were instructed to call when they got there: don’t come in, we’ll bring it out to you. The Penn fraternity renting out the Mexican BYO restaurant for the night told manager John Lewis that apart from him, no one was allowed inside.
(03/28/18 1:12am)
Today, you’re 21. And you want to celebrate. So, you decide to round up your friends or maybe a love interest for your first legal night out. You’re thinking calm and classy—you want to get drunk, but with good food, drinks, and ambience.
(03/21/18 1:00pm)
After flying fifteen hours from Beijing to Philadelphia, Wendy Han (W' 19) was greeted in her freshman dorm in King’s Court with a uniquely American form of culture shock: football players. They made up at least half of her floor.
(02/26/18 2:00pm)
When the 2018 Oscar nominations were announced at the end of January, Greta Gerwig made history by becoming the fifth woman to ever be nominated for Best Director. She received the nomination for her 2017 coming–of–age film Ladybird, which is nominated for four other Oscars, including Best Screenplay (also written by Gerwig).
(02/14/18 5:09am)
Valentine’s Day is around the corner, and whether you’re cuffed, alone, or counter–celebrating with Galentine’s Day, Street has compiled a list of movies showing on the 14th, pertaining to your specific V–Day needs.
(02/14/18 2:00pm)
This week, Netflix is coming out with a documentary about longtime women’s rights attorney and Penn alum Gloria Allred.
(02/13/18 6:46am)
With new awards shows every other day, The Oscars looming closer, and big studios like Marvel and DC still churning out their profitable sludge, it’s understandable to be a little sick of Hollywood movies. Just in time for Valentine’s Day, here are some non–Hollywood films about love and relationships. But none of these films are conventional love stories, either—that would still be too mainstream. There are no conventionally happy endings (really, no happy endings at all), and no guarantee that the love interests will end up together. They’re moving, heartbreaking works that serve as a refreshing break from saccharine Hollywood fare.
(02/09/18 1:26pm)
If you’re fed–up with the blockbuster selection of Rave Cinemas and bored of the indie rosters of the Ritz theater, you might want to head to Exhumed Films to catch a screening of a cult horror classic.
(02/02/18 2:04pm)
Spoiler warning, but you’ve had 27 years to watch this.
(01/31/18 6:45am)
English PhD student Aaron Bartels–Swindells played a lot of rugby and basketball growing up. When he was a child he had three teeth knocked out during a game. He got them replaced, and he was fine.
(02/04/18 8:35pm)
In the midst of all the Oscar season hype about Steven Spielberg’s The Post, another movie springs to mind—1971’s All The President’s Men, the film about two journalists who uncover crucial details about the Watergate Scandal. It’s a classic among political thrillers, and the issues it explores of government surveillance and an antagonistic press–president relationship only make it more topical today.
(01/29/18 8:39am)
Last Sunday, the Philadelphia Eagles beat the Minnesota Vikings 38–7 to qualify for the Super Bowl. It's the first time the Eagles will be in the Super Bowl since 2005, when the Patriots, who they will be playing again this February 4th, defeated them. It’s the perfect setup for a sports movie: plucky underdogs get a second chance to defeat the reigning champions (the Patriots have played ten Super Bowls, more than any other team in the NFL).
(01/23/18 1:38pm)
When the last Empress of France needed to flee from both an invading Prussian army that had captured her husband and an angry citizen uprising engulfing Paris, she turned to her dentist.
(01/20/18 9:18pm)
Bent Button is Penn’s only student filmmaking club.
(01/17/18 3:18am)
Someone once said that Netflix is like a fridge full of food you don't want to eat. And that is absolutely the case...sometimes. Here, I present you the exceptions to the rule, the rare refrigerator snacks that stand apart from your roommate's week–old leftovers.