SXSW 2014 Roundup #1

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…

[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…

[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…

Last night, I spoke at PechaKucha Baltimore, where one has to make a presentation using 20 slides, each of which is…

Gloria (Sebastián Lelio, 2013) In the astonishing and powerful new film by Chilean director Sebastián Lelio, the luminous Paulina García –…

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 (George Clooney, 2014) The Monuments Men, the story of 7 middle-aged academics who enlist in the Allied-Forces…

Hey, folks – it’s a big deal that I present these 8 reviews NOT in alphabetical order (or any order, for…

[UPDATE: Missed the show? Please listen to the podcast!] On Friday, February 7, Linda DeLibero (Director, Film and Media Studies, Johns Hopkins…