I am currently in attendance at the South by Southwest (SXSW) Festival – which encompasses Film, Interactive Technologies and Music – in…
300: Rise of a Body Count
300: Rise of an Empire (Noam Murro, 2014) I gave up video games in college, because they were like crack…
2014: A Kubrick Odyssey
[For those of you who missed the show, here is a link to the podcast: http://wypr.org/post/midday-film-0] It has been 15 years…
Red Carpet Radio 2014: Midday on the Oscars
[For those of you who missed the show, here is a link to the podcast: http://wypr.org/post/midday-film] Join Host Dan Rodricks and…
“00-Cinema: 50 Years of James Bond Films” @ PechaKucha Baltimore Vol. 2
Last night, I spoke at PechaKucha Baltimore, where one has to make a presentation using 20 slides, each of which is…
“Gloria” Bares All
Gloria (Sebastián Lelio, 2013) In the astonishing and powerful new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, the luminous Paulina García –…
“Robocop” Proves That More Is Less
Robocop (José Padilha, 2014) Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 Robocop was a masterful blend of violent action thriller and social satire. The film slyly…
“The Monuments Men,” or George Clooney’s very own “Ocean’s 7-Eleven”
The Monuments Men (George Clooney, 2014) The Monuments Men, the story of 7 middle-aged academics who enlist in the Allied-Forces…
2013 Movie Mishmash – Short Blurbs on 8 Films I Never Reviewed
Hey, folks – it’s a big deal that I present these 8 reviews NOT in alphabetical order (or any order, for…
February 7 @ 1pm! Midday on Cinematic Adaptation
[UPDATE: Missed the show? Please listen to the podcast!] On Friday, February 7, Linda DeLibero (Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins…