By Joe Clancy `18 A&E Staff “And the winner is…,” well, that is a good question. This Sunday, February 26, the audience of the 89th Academy Awards heard that phrase a lot, in fact, one too many times. Going into the night, there were two heavily favored films to win Best Picture: La […]
Brigid Walshe `19 A&E Staff French cinema has been creating quite a buzz in the film industry recently with French actress Isabelle Huppert winning a Golden Globe for her performance in Elle, a performance she received an Academy Award nomination for. After all, France is the birthplace of cinema, and now it is […]
By Kerry Torpey `19 A&E Staff In front of a room of Hollywood elites and over 32 million viewers worldwide, 98-year-old Katherine Johnson took center stage. Almost immediately, the crowd rose to give her a standing ovation. Called “an American hero,” the former NASA mathematician was being recognized for work she had done […]
By Michael Welch `17 A&E Staff Get Out has eclipsed Lego Batman as the top movie at the box office in its opening weekend. The film takes cues from the horror, thriller, and comedy genres to address themes of race in a true tour de force. What makes Get Out so exciting, besides […]
By Ryan Cox `18 A&E Staff We live in a world of constant political opinions. Media outlets are saturated with political rhetoric and analysis, and this often spills over into the various branches of the entertainment industry. While there is nothing wrong with musicians or actors having political opinions like the rest of […]
By Elizabeth Jancsy `18 A&E Staff One of the most talked about shows this season is slowly coming to a close, as fans brace themselves for the upcoming season finale of This Is Us on NBC. The network’s newest hit has taken its fans on an emotional roller coaster every Tuesday night, and […]
by Brianna Abbott ’17 Opinion Co-Editor The discovery of alien persons is more theologically complex; however, there is still room for alien persons in the Catholic faith. There is no definite theological basis for human beings as the only persons created in God’s image or created at all, and if these persons do exist, they […]
by Sarah Kelley ’18 Opinion Staff This past week’s unusually warm weather brought a dramatic change from the frigid forecast of snow and ice that New Englanders are normally accustomed to this time of year. With temperatures holding near 70 degrees and barely a cloud in the sky, Providence College students and faculty alike have […]
by The Cowl‘s Editorial Board Editor’s Column On behalf of The Cowl’s entire staff, we extend our deepest apologies to the Providence College community for a misprint in our Feb. 16 issue. The article, “Panel Discusses Diversity and the Catholic Identity,” contained the phrase “colored people,” and we deeply regret that this derogatory and hurtful language […]
by Nicholas Moran ’19 Opinion Staff Weeks of tension between the Trump administration and the press violently exploded on Friday, February 24 as Trump barred CNN, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, and Buzzfeed from an “informal briefing.” As the news dominated headlines, President Trump poured gasoline on the already raging fire […]