Maggie Rusch
ARTICLES
Ego
Jew-elry
At first glance, the inconspicuous shop tucked beside Rum Bar on Walnut resembles teen-haven Claire’s — just with an upgrade in luxury and price.
Film
Climbing The North Face
For a film based on the well-known attempt by a set of climbers to scale the north face of the Eiger in 1936, the German-made thriller North Face perfects the art of the cliffhanger (literally) — even for an audience aware of the ultimate historical outcome.
From the moment the main characters Toni Kurz (Benno Furmann) and Andi Hintertoisser (Florian Lukas) — two Nazi soldiers who prefer pitons over pistols — approach the deathly Eiger, director Philipp Stolzl crafts the story of the climber’s ascent with visual and emotional precision.
With the group of climbers clinging to a mass of rock by the most inconsequential of steel and rope, dodging avalanches and taking a frostbitten beating from the fickle weather, Stolzl brings the audience to the mountain, piecing together the infamous story in the process.
This becomes most evident in the scenes off the mountain; where the storyline strays from original accounts of the expedition, it struggles the most.
Film
Written In The Stars
Roman Polanski has directed yet another cinematic success with The Ghost Writer, a political thriller — and adaptation of Robert Harris’s book of the same name — that acutely delves into the lives of its high-powered characters, isolated from their country and the rest of the world on a secluded, bleak and wintry Massachusetts island compound.
Ego
Get Your Om On
If you’re ever walking past Distrito, glance up through the glass windows. There you will find a fleet of yogis, decked out in Lululemon and lycra, flipping their dogs.
Do You Believe In Magic?
“You see this?” asks Joseph, an older man sporting a sternum-length scraggly beard, gesturing at the game on the table before him.
Farm Fresh in Old City
With the farm-to-table organic ingredients, cozy environment and extensive vegetarian and vegan offerings, it’s hard not to love Farmicia.
So Spoke the Wanderer
Part frilly boutique, part vintage shop and part champion for local artists, Vagabond boasts an impressively eclectic mix in the heart of Old City.
Love the Skin You're In(k)
“If I don’t do it now, I’m never going to do it,” blurts a woman breathlessly. She grabs one of the image-filled binders from the counter and flips to a page of Sanskrit lettering.
Film
It’s Guy Love, Between Two Guys
Today’s mainstream media is overflowing with bromances. Take, for instance, Superbad’s glorification of male bonding and Brody Jenner’s eponymous reality show Bromance.
“I Will Survive,” Anyone?
The cheers and jeers of the inebriated frat boy scene just ain’t cutting it any more? Dying to find your inner Kelly Clarkson?
From Campus to Couture
Despite a looming paper deadline and an early morning lecture, Ethan Lipsitz, then a Penn sophomore, threaded the eye of his sewing machine and set off to work on a navy cotton hoodie.
Your Guide To: Getting Off (Campus)
Tired of sharing a bathroom with a dozen other strangers? Can’t imagine another year of security guards judging your late-night visitors?
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