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Page to Screen: “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”

This past Sunday, I presented the soon-to-be-released film The Spectacular Now – adapted from Tim Tharp’s 2008 book of the same … More

“Before Midnight” – A Welcome Reunion with Beloved Old Friends

Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) I was 26 when I saw Before Sunrise, in 1995, just a few years older than … More

The New “Man of Steel” Never Quite Takes Off

Man of Steel (Zack Snyder, 2013) The creators of the new Superman origin film, Man of Steel, managed to make one … More

Oh, What a Lovely Apocalypse! “This Is the End” is Brilliant, Except When It’s Not

This is the End (Evan Goldberg/Seth Rogen, 2013) Oh, what fun I had for the first thirty minutes of this … More

Sarah Polley, Storyteller

Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley, 2012) “When you are in the middle of a story it isn’t a story at all, … More

Pick Your Algorithm: “We Steal Secrets,” “The Internship” and Our Digital World

We live in a world of wonders, where all of the problems that plagued humanity from the dawn of time … More

“After Earth” – Less Than an Afterthought

After Earth (M. Night Shyamalan, 2013) This is such a piece of crap or, to put it in polite language, … More

Two Seasons of “The University,” Stevenson’s Webcast SitCom

For the past two years, students in the Department of Film/Video at Stevenson University have written, produced, shot and edited … More

Cleo from 2 to 6:30: My First Impressions of the 1963 “Cleopatra”

Cleopatra (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1963) Today, I saw, for the first time – in a movie theater, no less! – … More

Fair Enough, Old Sport: The Okey-Dokey Gatsby

The Great Gatsby (Baz Luhrmann, 2013) Before seeing this film last night, I had watched two previous versions of The Great … More

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