…Bthe b-side In October, Nadya Tolokonnikova and Masha Alyokhina, two members of Pussy Riot, the punk rock protest group from Russia, took the stage of the Michigan Theater. The women did not don their neon balaclavas or break out in their provocative, political per- formance art during their Thursday evening Penny Stamps lecture (though videos of their discordant demonstrations preceded the talk giving context to the issues and methods ...…
…2B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best Films of 2014 FOX SEARCHLIGHT PICTURES 2. “The Grand Budapest Hotel” Wes Anderson’s “Grand Buda- pest Hotel” is based loosely on Stefan Zweig’s novel “Beware of Pity,” where Zweig writes plain- ly, “To the person who has over and over again tried to trace human destinies, many tell their own story.” This quote captures one of the film’s most esse...…
…3B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com For someone who seemed nothing more than a one-hit wonder plastered on a series of lucky hits, Sam Smith has risen to the ranks of the some of the world’s most consistent artists. With that, it’s hard to believe that In the Lonely Hour is only Smith’s debut. Smith is technical, but doesn’t let that get in the way of raw emotion. He’s dramat- ic, b...…
…4B — Thursday, January 8, 2015 the b-side The Michigan Daily — michigandaily.com Best TV Shows of 2014 2. The Good Wife CBS “The Good Wife” continued to blow away audiences in 2014, from the tail end of season five to its season six mid-season finale. With razor-sharp writ- ing and a newly-trained focus on character, Michele and Robert King’s legal and political drama proved that Will’s death was a springboard into new narrativ...…
