One of art’s main goals is to elicit a reaction from its audience. In those terms, Back Roads is quite the success. It is a heart-wrenching film that skillfully shows the bleakness and hopelessness of the Altmyer family’s downward spiral. But looking past the story and the better performances, there are a lot of faults that come with the film. For those who love movies that will slowly tear your heart out, and even those who just want a powerful cinematic experience, Back Roads is recommendable. Just be willing to look over quite a bit.
Ball State’s annual bed race returns to Riverside Avenue at noon on Friday as part of the annual Homecoming festivities.
The short film is a time-honored genre. Sometimes informative, sometimes thrilling, and sometimes absolutely mind-boggling, the short film is a place where documentarians, animators, and storytellers can experiment and hone their craft on a smaller scale.
While the cold weather started to creep in, Ball State’s Homecoming festivities couldn’t be dampered as crowds gathered for a food truck festival in The Village Monday.
Freeze warning is in place Tuesday morning. Temperatures remain well below average over the next week.
Ball State Women’s Tennis traveled to Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the Intercollegiate Tennis Association Ohio Valley Regionals. Junior Rebecca Herrington and senior Sarah Swiderski stood out for the Cardinals.
‘God Bless You, Mr. Vonnegut’ is a disappointing documentary. This film reaffirms the idea that Kurt Vonnegut was a really cool guy, interacting with the world around him in a way that few other people do. His overwhelming positivity about other people becomes sort of infectious during the film, even oddly inspirational. Yet, the documentary constructed around him is amateurish and aimless. Vonnegut is amazing, this film is not. And so it goes.
Ball State Men’s Golf finished sixth out of 11 teams at the 36-hole Chatham Hills Collegiate in Westfield, Indiana, which took place this past Sunday and Monday.
Ball State Women’s Golf finished in 10th place against the top Mid-American Conference competitors at the Fall MAC Preview in Noblesville, Indiana.
"Those taste like what being disappointed feels like." The Daily News staff tried LaCroix, and the results were not positive.
From the mind behind “Rosemary’s baby,” “Veronica’s Room,” a play that begins in a room full of stored away furniture in the 1970s and transitions into an entirely different world, is coming to Ball State’s Cave Studio Theatre.
'Alaska is A Drag' may be a unique film in it’s premise, but it’s familiar in a feel-good kind of way; it’s a clever take on the sports film genre. It’s also just a feel-good movie in general: it’s lovable, sometimes dark sense of humor is very enjoyable and the leads are an absolute joy to watch. And at the core of 'Alaska' is an inspiring story for all those people who don’t fit in and have dreams bigger than their small town.
When Josie Weaver was a student at Ball State, walking through Christy Woods gave her a sense of peace, reminding her why she chose to major in natural resources.
Weather Forecaster Tyler Ryan has your update for tomorrow and into the week
