Opinion Writing

By: Jack Weber              What would you do to feel alive again if you thought that you were aimlessly wandering through life? Another Round (2020) shows the lengths that four men go to to experience that.          Another Round is the latest collaboration between actor Mads Mikkelsen and director Thomas Vinterberg after their Oscar nominated film The Hunt (2013). This film is a take on the midlife crisis, and also a graceful portrayal balancing both what it feels like to find happiness and passion again, but also the seductiveness and dangers of alcohol. The danish film follows a group of four school teachers, particularly Mikkelsen’s character, Martin. Martin is a history teacher who has all but given up. Given up on teaching, hobbies and his family being more of a ghost than a person.  At one of the four’s 40th birthday dinners, Nikolaj, played by Magnus Millang, discusses a theory by a famous Norweg...

          High Point University prides itself on its three fine dining restaurants, but it is Kazuko, a hibachi restaurant, and the newest edition to the fine dining lineup that comes out on top.  Before you walk in, the hallway outside the doors is decorated with Japanese artwork and traditional clothing. Once you step inside the restaurant, there are countless more Japanese artworks, calligraphy and artifacts lining the walls.  With about eight sets of tables with 10 seats each, the restaurant can feed the most people in the set of fine dining options, and they do. Each time I’ve been to Kazuko, tables are never empty for more than five minutes.  The food options are what you would expect from a hibachi restaurant, a salad and soup for appetizer, choosing between chicken broth and miso soup. Then moving to the entree of two of chicken, steak, shrimp, fish or vegetables.  With a range of chefs, your experience can vary, although...