![Ruth Negga and Tessa Thompson appear in "Passing" by Rebecca Hall, an official selection of the U.S. Dramatic Competition at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival. Courtesy of Sundance Institute | photo by Edu Grau.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/usdramatic_Passing_still1-e1637333820968-768x513.jpeg)
Based on the novella by Nella Larsen, “Passing” follows two Black women living in the 1920s who reunite after years of living separate, wildly different lives.
![BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH as PHIL BURBANK, KODI SMIT-McPHEE as PETER stand in a barn in THE POWER OF THE DOG.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/The-Power-of-the-Dog/TPOTD_KS_0193-scaled-e1637023893733-768x511.jpg)
Jane Campion directs an ode to the vulnerability and complexity of the American Wild West in her film ‘The Power of the Dog.’
![The Flaming Lips perform Friday, Nov. 12, 2021, at Crouse Hinds Theater in Syracuse.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/2021/The-Flaming-Lips/KATO_20211112_DSC_2740-scaled-768x511.jpg)
The maverick alternative rockers created a high-energy live spectacle Friday at Syracuse’s Crouse Hinds Theater.
![Characters Rita and Ana hug in the film Prayers for the Stolen](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/Prayers-for-the-Stolen/NDF_Still_42-scaled-e1636730495156-768x512.jpg)
Prayers for the Stolen follows the lives of three young girls in a cartel-run village in Mexico, rebelling against their fear and grief through tenderness and friendship.
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Ronni-Leigh Goeman shared her art with the SU community as part of her “Each One, Inspired” artist lecture.
![Artist BRI performing at a basement concert put on by the Garden](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/2021/Concerts-Music/Basement-concerts/IMG_2121-scaled-768x512.jpg)
House gigs are part of nightlife on Syracuse University’s campus, and student organizations are funding the music scene with their own money.
![Director Seth Knievel, wearing a backwards hat and rainbow mask, sits at a desk with scripts and notebooks. SOme of the cast sits in the background.](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/2021/Fatal-Pride-Moby-Dick/25_FatalPride_10.15.21_Kiessling-scaled-768x512.jpg)
The Syracuse University Communication and Rhetorical Studies department’s first staged production dives into love, trauma and grief within the LGBTQIA+ community.
![THE FRENCH DISPATCH movie poster](https://www.thenewshouse.com/wp-content/uploads/Entertainment/2021/French-Dispatch/01R1_TFD_OB_002_0010_V022_1282-1-scaled-e1635805257670-768x512.jpg)
Watching ‘The French Dispatch’ leaves you with the same feeling as after you finish reading an issue of the NY-based magazine a little confused but also completely in awe.
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Light Work photography center displays new exhibition from the work of James Henkel in Object Lessons through Dec. 9.
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Yvonne Orji of HBO’s “Insecure” spoke to SU students about her life, career and her hopes for diversity in the entertainment industry.