Walking into “We Live in Time,” all I knew was I was going to see Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. I had avoided any and all spoilers of the plot, to the point I had no clue what I was in for. I walked out with tears staining my face and a greater appreciation for…
With frightful scenes and spooky songs, “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a classic movie that embodies the spirit of Halloween. Before you argue with me that “The Nightmare Before Christmas” is a Christmas movie, it’s set in Halloween Town. Christmas Land is only an added place Jack Skellington travels to during the movie. The characters…
On Thursday Oct. 17, The Student Entertainment Committee hosted a movie night where they screened the film “Twisters . ” “Twisters” came out earlier this year on July 19 and was directed by American filmmaker Lee Isaac Chung. I went into this movie with little expectation but it turns out it was better than I…
Audrey Collins Contributing Reporter In 2019 the “clown prince of crime” was inescapable. Director Todd Phillips had made the jump from raunchy stoner comedies to thought-provoking dramas with “Joker” back in 2019, and it paid off in a big way. Nominated for 11 Academy Awards and winning four (one of those being a Best Actor…
Ryan Pelillo Arts & Entertainment Editor Christopher Nolan is a better director than Quentin Tarantino. Nolan has had a much broader reach in terms of the general public, more clever narratives and isn’t as “film bro-ish.” Some of Nolan’s most notable works include “Interstellar” and “Inception.” These are both films that are artistically sound and…
British stage and screen actress Dame Maggie Smith, commonly recognized as the fierce but charming Professor McGonagall in the “Harry Potter” films, died Friday morning at the age of 89. Smith was surrounded by close family when she died at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital in London, her sons Toby Stephens and Chris Larkin told…
In a time where reboots and sequels to popular films released in the past have become the norm for a majority of big budgeted blockbuster films, it can be exhausting to see companies or directors resurrect their old intellectual properties just to dish out a sub-par product and make some cash while they’re at it….
Actor James Earl Jones died on Sept. 9, leaving behind a legacy for the future of the film industry. Jones was best known for the voice of Mufasa in “The Lion King,” the “Star Wars” franchise and the CNN intro. He’s also performed in Broadway shows “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,” “Driving Miss Daisy,”…
Over this school year, the modern and classical languages and film media departments hosted a French film festival supported by the Albertine Cinémathèque grant program. In both the fall and spring semesters, the Language Center in Swan Hall showed three movies that fell into the category of French cinema. Moving into the spring section of…
When you think of the movie “Road House,” the 1989 film would come to mind for most people; in 2024, however, Amazon Prime released their own version with Jake Gyllenhaal as the lead. Gyllenhaal played Elwo od Dalton, better known as just Dalton. The 1989 version is a classic, with fight scenes and almost two…