Benjamin Cook, an adjunct professor at the Art Academy of Cincinnati, has created an online platform for visual arts students to display their thesis exhibits.

With the Academy Awards looming on the horizon, it’s time to talk student traditions.

After several different iterations of the “clown prince of crime,” Joaquin Phoenix is now aiming to fill the (already) big shoes left behind by Heath Ledger. And while “Joker” may still technically be a “comic book film,” this is anything but an action-packed, crowd-pleasing time at the theater.

In an age defined by an exhausting number of horror sequels, reboots and adaptations, Andrés Muschi...