Actor Giancarlo Esposito filled nearly every seat in Edwards Auditorium and attracted several different generations of people on Monday. Esposito had an unorthodox upbringing that shaped him into the man he is today. During the event, the actor brought up how he was born in Copenhagen, Denmark to an Italian stagehand and carpenter father and…
Casey Chan-Smutko: Halloween News Editor Just because “The Nightmare Before Christmas” has the word Christmas in it does not make it a Christmas movie. I’ve watched this movie a thousand times exclusively on Halloween because it is a Halloween movie. You could argue that Jack Skellington goes to Christmas Land to become Santa Claus, but…
64 years before the 74th annual Hunger Games, Coriolanus Snow, future president of Panem, was made to be a mentor for the runt tribute, Lucy Gray Baird. Ever since then, the Hunger Games has been a bloodbath aimed at squashing any hope of rebellion against the Capitol from the districts. “The Ballad of Songbirds and…
“Five Nights at Freddy’s’” has been a widely loved horror game video franchise for many years since its release in 2014 . The new “Five Nights at Freddy’s’” movie that came out this past month on Oct. 27 brought a whole new community to the “FNAF” franchise, including myself. To summarize, the movie follows the…
After the release of “Elvis” in 2022, audiences were left with a deeper understanding of rock n’ roll; after watching “Priscilla” in 2023, audiences were left with a deeper understanding of manipulative control. Directed by Sofia Coppola, A24’s latest film “Priscilla” takes the cameras off Elvis and pivots them onto his ex-wife, revealing their story…
Over this past month, the department of modern and classical languages and literatures collaborated with the film/media department to host a film festival featuring a lineup regarding French cinema. While it was not the first time an event like this was held, this year’s rendition is the most recent since the start of the COVID-19…
“Beckham” is a four part docu-series released on Netflix on Oct. 4, following the life and career of soccer (football) legend David Beckham. Let me start off by saying that I am a documentary junkie. I will watch anything about any topic. When I saw that this new series was trending, I knew it was…
On Monday, the French department screened the first film of their Albertine Cinématèque Film Festival in the Language Center at Swan Hall. The film “Gagarine,” directed by Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh, tells the story of 16-year-old Yuri who has lived his whole life in the Gagarine housing projects outside of Paris. When Gagarine is…
Spooky Season: The best time of the year with the best movies of the year October, also known as the spooky season, is one of the most wonderful times of the year and also nostalgic. Colorful autumn leaves fall into place, pumpkin spice lattes are being sipped, blankets are draped on cozy living room couches…
Ryan Estus I’m sure I probably won’t be the first person to say this, and I certainly won’t be the last – Barbie was a fantastic movie. I saw the blockbuster film twice, after deciding that another visit to ‘Barbieland’ was the only way to do this movie justice. This film has everything; dead-on casting…