My freshman year at Brandeis, I fell into a bit of a “reading slump.” With so much required reading to do for class, it was hard to motivate myself to also read for pleasure. However,...

In case you haven’t gathered from some of my friends’ articles, this edition of the Brandeis Hoot will be my last one as Arts Editor. I still have one more year at Brandeis and I...

2025 has had a rough start to movies. While most contemporary audiences are likely still discussing the financial and critical failure of Marvel’s “Captain America: Brave New World” or laughing over the “chicken jockey” memes...

When you’re as much of a fan of Shakespeare as I am, you will often encounter one particular question: “who do you think wrote Shakespeare’s plays?” Said question tends to come from well-meaning but not...

As the Pesach break was approaching, I had the urge that everyone has during the spring: to spend money. I opened up the Nintendo Switch eShop and began browsing the best selling tab before checking...

This anime season has been jam-packed. Never since last spring has a spring season ever been so springy. But there’s just too much to watch! What are you gonna do? Finals are coming up, class...

Multi-cam sitcoms, the type of sitcoms with laughter in the background, used to be all the rage when it came to comedic television shows. However, nowadays, people tend to find them to be too silly,...

It’s official, my dear Hoot readers. Art is dead. I mean c’mon, have you seen the Minecraft movie? UTTER SLOP. It’s deeply unfortunate such an affront to art was allowed to be released. We’ve reached...

From April 3-6, the Brandeis University Undergraduate Theater Collective (UTC) presented “Noises Off” by Michael Frayn, directed by Laurel Davidoff ’25. A farcical, physical comedy-heavy show that calls for a rotating set, “Noises Off” is...

Content Warning: Discussion of suicide in paragraph four        I was excited to watch the Brandeis Theater Department’s retelling of the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. I came into the show only knowing the barest...

The first article I ever wrote for The Hoot was a review of the latest “Indiana Jones” movie, “Indiana Jones and the Dial Of Destiny.” To summarize: it was not a good movie. But since...

John pushed his way through the crowds of people, a letter clutched tight to his chest. He was a tall, wiry man, with a clean-shaven and youthful face. Most people with good sense moved aside...

We all know about the life of President Abraham Lincoln and his doting wife Mary Todd Lincoln. However, what if Mary Todd was a drunk aspiring cabaret singer and Abraham was in the closet and...

“Fight: Inside the Wildest Battle for the White House” was easily one of my most anticipated reads of the year. I absolutely devoured Jonathan Allen and Amie Parnes’ previous collaboration about the 2020 election, “Lucky,”...

Holocaust survivor films have been around for a while, so, while the stories are important to tell, they may seem over done. However, “The Brutalist” brings something new to the table. This story about the...

Editor’s Note: Members of the Brandeis Community have reached out to correct some mistakes that appeared in this article. We thank those community members for their attention to detail. The corrections are as follows: Argonautika...

The book that has captured the BookTok imagination this week is “Sunrise on the Reaping” by Suzanne Collins. It’s part of the “Hunger Games” universe, and for purposes of this review, I am going to...

My dear Hoot readers, I’m writing to you as a changed man. Last month I ventured to a holy city, visited spiritually significant sites and fostered a deep connection to my culture. This city was...

Rule 8: Do not insert flashbacks, POV changes, or interludes in the first ~20,000 words of your story. So after all those high and mighty words about greater concepts and the nature of the narrative...