‘Rent’: Poetically pathetic 

By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production “Rent” reeks.  Inside UM’s Sue Meadows Black Box theater, seats are crammed together as the room is packed to the brim with dark corridors, busy alleyways, abandoned apartments…

UM Theatre takes on beloved musical ‘Rent’ 

By Cady Inabinett, Managing editor of content  Montevallo’s Theatre Department is bringing famed musical “Rent” to its stages this month—with eight individual showings occurring over two weeks at the Michael and Sue Meadows Black Box…

‘Swarm’: television’s killer bee 

By Josie Shaw, Managing editor of production The hive buzzes, the bass hits, the blood shimmers and the knife sharpens in Amazon Prime’s new show “Swarm,” directed and produced by Donald Glover and company.  In…

An immaculate house of cards in ‘Tartuffe’ 

By Gabriel Talley, Podcast producer  “Tartuffe” is the Montevallo Theatre Department at the peak of its own powers, successfully modernizing a near 400-year-old play with a bevy of outstanding production choices.  The major story beats…

Fall Out Boy: back and bitter as ever…

By Cady Inabinett, Managing editor of content  Fall Out Boy has announced their first album since 2018, releasing lead single “Love From the Other Side” on Jan. 18 in tandem with their announcement that album…

Best films of 2022  

by Carter James  2022 was an interesting year for film. Theaters finally opened back up, and the box office started to return to pre-COVID times. Based off the data from Box Office Mojo, the total…