The beast articles

  • The Beast review: An ambitious, compelling monster of a movie

    There’s an instant urgency in The Beast, the latest film from writer-director Bertrand Bonello, that persists despite its hefty runtime of 145 minutes. Even in its quietest moments, as Bonello’s pacing slows to a crawl and we are asked to consider every gesture, every weighty theme piled atop this towering stack of ideas, there’s a feeling that this film is aching to show us something, pushing ahead with an almost desperate need to convey its emotional truths. And if nothing else, The Beast is...

  • Mets' Luis Severino has finally found his beast form

    Takes no-hitter into the eighth with a fastball averaging 96.2 mph and a sinker at 95.6.

  • Beast Mode: Getting Wild and Woolly in the Animal Issue

    I talk to my dog. Like, a lot. I also make up dumb little songs about him and sing them around the house. Also a lot. But never once has my fuzzy buddy deigned to say anything back, let alone join in on high harmony. Amy Wild does not have this problem. The Starksboro resident is an animal communicator and spirit medium who claims to be able to connect telepathically with our furry, feathered and scaly friends. In doing so, she purports to divine a great deal of information about what...