I Have Seen Terrible Things….
I can’t think of many films that more viscerally render the lives of young people caught up in a tumultuous war than Beasts of No Nation. [This film is available in limited release and…
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The American Dream Is Alive…In Bollywood Movies
A Report from the Bollywood Film Series in the Arts and Ideas Program. I recently attend 3 Idiots, the third of three films in a series designed to show students how the spirit of…
Will Birdman Lead You to Raymond Carver?
When the director, cast, and producers of Birdman came to the stage to thank the Academy for its decision to give the film the Best Picture award, Michael Keaton, who plays the central…
A Film Recommendation for Black History Month
No, it’s not Selma! ….In an effort to win back his bi-racial girlfriend, Sam, an undergraduate major in the Media Studies department in which he serves as a teaching assistant, Gabe reminds her of…
Sheepdogs and Savages
The odds against American Sniper winning the Academy Award for best picture are long. Only four times in the last 25 years has the top revenue generating film walked off with the Oscar. And…
It’s Not Easy Being a Priest
A Review of Calvary starring Brendan Gleeson…Jean-Paul Sartre famously said in his play No Exit that “Hell is other people.” There is some dispute about the accuracy of the translation from the French; one…