Watchung Hills Regional High School jewelry students see a pro in action

Jeri Warhaftig demonstrates some of the techniques used in making beads to Jewelry I and II class of Michelle Ravettina. As well as learning some of the more advanced techniques in bead-making, the Watchung Hills students learned that one can...

Sundance Day 2 Buzz Meter: Campy Red Lights, Frustrating Simon Killer

The day-two movies at this year's Sundance Film Festival brought with them some big names and controversial buzz. Here's what Vulture saw: Red Lights Plot: Director Rodrigo Cortes follows up Buried — where he buried Ryan Reynolds alive and made a splash at Sundance a few years back — with this story of scientists Dr. Margaret Matheson (Sigourney Weaver) and Dr. Tom Buckley (Cillian Murphy), who ...

Seitz: The Failures, Successes, Possibilities, and Danger Signs of Hell on Wheels

Like a lot of people, I watched the first few episodes of AMC's Hell on Wheels , Joe and Tony Gayton’s drama about the building of the transcontinental railroad, and then checked out. It wasn't awful, but a lot of it was weak, and even in its better moments it seemed not to have found its tone yet. The pilot and the next couple of episodes seemed stranded between grubby naturalism and slick ...