Three Kings
Starring George Clooney, Mark Wahlberg and Ice Cube

Slipping into G.I.Joe mode, George Clooney takes Ice Cube and Mark Wahlberg hunting for Kuwaiti gold stolen by Sadaam Hussein. This turns out to be a life changing experience for all involved. Three Kings manages to depict the Persian Gulf War rather effectively, which is impressive, given that the film takes place after the war has ended. Unconventional is an understatement.Click for full text

It's a Sensation!

by Zohar Azoulay

"The context of this exhibition may cause shock, vomiting, confusion, panic, euphoria and anxiety. If you suffer from high blood pressure, a nervous disorder or palpitation, you should consult your doctor. It includes material that some visitors may find objectionable. Viewers discretion and parental guidance are advised" (Excerpt from the exhibit promotion brochure). Click for full text

FACTS STOP OPINIONS

by Ilan Rubenstein

Welcome to Facts Stop Opinions, the Commentator's re-instituted column for the musically inclined. For those of you familiar with the journalism of my esteemed predecessor David Rappaport, you will soon realize that offering imaginative nuggets of researched, informative, and often convincing artistic insight will remain the focus of the words before you. I wish only that this column continues to serve as one of the crowning jewels of our collegiate newspaper and an asset to the Yeshiva University community at large (or at least those of us who have a shadow of an inclination towards popular culture). Click for full text

American Beauty
Starring Kevin Spacey and Annette Bening

by Yair Oppenheim

The American family as depicted by movies, television and books over the past century has gone through an unnecessary amount of permutations and image makeovers. We no longer know who we are; that which has typified us now exists as myth. Unfortunately, the only way to awake oneself from this "American dream" is to have a mid-life crisis. It is that very self-consciousness that permits one's self-examination in an objective manner; it shatters the rose-tinted glasses, and Lester Burnam just woke up.Click for full text

Americana

by Matthew Rosen

I step out of my apartment and turn to lock the door. I walk down the hallway and nod at one or two of the other people in the building. I consider how fortunate I am to be in an almost completely Orthodox apartment building in a predominantly Orthodox neighborhood. Not everyone in the building is Jewish nor is the neighborhood entirely without its other religions, but by in large we live symbiotically, tolerating each others unique practices. Click for full text