The films of Greek director Yorgos Lanthimos are often unpredictable and discomforting. Whether you saw his last outing, “The Favourite,” or if you’re a pioneering fan and remember one...
Released in late 2023, this British dramedy revolves around Oliver Quick (played by the electrifying Barry Keoghan) and his friendship with Felix Catton (played by “Euphoria”’s actor Jacob Elordi)...
The one thing all journalists working for NEIU’s newspaper, the Independent, have to follow is the AP Stylebook. Not Advanced Placement, but Associated Press. Most newspapers follow this style. AP is...
On December 9th, 2023, I was privileged enough to go see the Pre-Broadway tryout of “Boop!: The Musical.” If you’re wondering why the name sounds familiar, it is based on Betty Boop, the popular...
UPDATE: I would like to apologize to Mateo Mohammad Farzaneh for the Identification in the article. It was Dennis Grammenos who was quoted saying “This is petty shit”, not Dr. Farzaneh. I will...
The ‘fiction’ that is being discussed in Cord Jefferson’s (“Watchmen”, “The Good Place”) adaptation of Percival Everrett’s, “Erasure'' and feature directorial debut, “American...
“A Place to Achor: Journalism, Cancer, and Rewriting Mi Vida as a Latina on the Border” is an autobiography written by Estela Casas, that affords the reader the opportunity to see inside this woman’s...
CASEP Leadership LLC (CLLLC) was invited to see James M. Nederlander Theatre’s production of “Hamilton”, a musical written by Lin-Manuel Miranda about the life of our founding father, Alexander...
Music, a murder mystery, and a meeting with an Ancient Greek Muse. This is the backdrop for the story told by Summerfall Studios' most recent title, “Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical”. You begin...
If you are familiar with the names Bonnie, Chica, Foxy and Freddy Fazbear from the video game “Five Nights at Freddy’s” (FNAF) which spawned several games in the 2010s, then you will love the live...
Ananth Prabhu, Health & Sports Editor
• December 8, 2023
Last year’s article in The Independent on rock climbing compared the climbing sport to video games as a way to encourage more novices to play the game of climbing. Like in video game design, when newcomers...
I am writing the Independent today to discuss the impoverishing practices that take place here at NEIU. I must ask, are we truly a just and progressive institution if we charge our students unnecessarily...