Photo Essay | Fall faculty 2024
Every November, Musco Center for the Arts’ stage comes alive with a captivating show featuring diverse, impactful pieces choreographed by faculty members and performed by Chapman University dance majors.
‘Wicked’: A musical epic that defies gravity and expectations
Adapting the beloved Broadway musical, the first half of the ‘Wicked’ saga is a blast.
‘Max Dagan’ cast and crew take The Panther behind the scenes
The film highlights the importance of having compassion — and the complexities that come with trying to reach that headspace.
Chapman Dance Alliance takes center stage
Chapman Dance Alliance put on an array of performances by multiple dance groups on campus for this year’s fall show.
My Newport Beach Film Festival diary
Everything I did and saw with a press pass at this year's Newport Beach Film Festival.
Legacyquels: Passing trend or here to stay?
“Alien,” “Ghostbusters,” “Beetlejuice”: is going back the way forward?
Los Angeles Comic Con: a celebration of nerd culture
In the heart of Los Angeles, this annual 3-day convention is an ode to fandom and the eclectic people who cherish it.
Review | ‘Piece by Piece’ – The documentary for everyone
For just an hour and a half, the new “Piece by Piece” Lego documentary allows audiences to step into Pharrell Williams’ mind and become him.
‘Trigger Happy’ creatives discuss filmmaking, SoCal premiere at Newport Beach Film Festival
The director and cinematographer of the feature, which will screen at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Oct. 18 and 24, shared insights about its creation with The Panther.
Opinion | An almost comprehensive list of Chapman majors as Role Model lyrics
UPB continues its great record of amazing fall concert guests with tattooed popstar Role Model.
Who has better movie opinions: Dodge College or main campus?
In a completely subjective battle, The Panther asked Dodge College of Film and Media Arts and main campus majors about their favorite and least favorite movies.
Review | ‘Megalopolis’ is a mess of floppiness
The new film from cinema legend Francis Ford Coppola is a hot mess of grandiose ideas and decades of smoking too much weed.
Opinion | Three acts to see at the 2024 Joshua Tree Music Festival
The Panther’s Features and Entertainment Editor helps you pinpoint acts to look out for.
Review | ‘The Substance’: the gross-out movie of the year, so much more
Buckle in, go in blind: this horror flick will shock and astonish.
Review | Live from Jason Reitman, it’s ‘Saturday Night!’
Reitman and co.'s film is just as bedlam as the behind-the-scenes of its titular program’s debut.
Review | ‘Transformers One’ packs reverence with (almost) every robotic punch
The ‘Transformers’ film is a fun feature that celebrates its titular franchise — this time, in animation form.
Review | ‘The Wild Robot’ — a new Dreamworks best
Seeing the little boy fishing off the Dreamworks moon used to mean something — nostalgia, the feelings of being a child again. Writer and director Chris Sanders has made the Dreamworks moon mean something again.
Opinion | ‘The Bachelorette’ season 21 finale: Jenn deserved better
Jenn Tran’s season of The Bachelorette has made headlines. But not for the reasons it should be.
Review | Beetlejuice is back for more in ‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’
From the mind of Tim Burton, the ghost with the most returns to the big screen.
Mackenzie Davis speaks no evil about new film
The star of “Speak No Evil” speaks about her character in the film, working with Scoot McNairy and the impact of gender in horror in this roundtable interview with The Panther. Photos courtesy of Universal Pictures and Blumhouse