Before Midnight (Richard Linklater, 2013) I was 26 when I saw Before Sunrise, in 1995, just a few years older than…
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…
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…
June 16 Cinema Sundays: “The Spectacular Now”
On Sunday, June 16, at 10:30am, I will present the upcoming film The Spectacular Now (adapted from the novel of the…
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,…
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…
Midday on Film Noir: June 7, 1-2pm
[NOTE: Missed the show? Check out the podcast!] On Friday, June 7, Linda DeLibero – Director, Film and Media Studies,…
“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,…
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…
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! –…
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