A Dog Day Afternoon Among Thanksgiving television traditions, one stands out as particularly endearing. It’s not the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, as I rarely get up in time to watch it, nor football, as it often overlaps with dinnertime. In between, however, is the pinnacle of television: the American Kennel Club’s National Dog Show. For […]
Holding Space For A Sequel When the first Wicked movie arrived in theaters in November 2024, it did something unusual for a musical adaptation. It told only the first half of the iconic Broadway musical, which left viewers waiting nearly a full year for the second act. The second movie, Wicked: For Good, was released […]
Produced in 1977, Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas is a 48-minute-long puppeted musical film that played every holiday from the DVD player in my grandma’s living room. The story is a timeless one that celebrates the gift that really matters in the spirit of Christmas: love. Ma, the only living parent to Emmet, is a widow. […]
As many have written about and discussed over the years, the Star Wars franchise is a story (albeit long and winding) about politics. Like all good political narratives, there is drama, love, disagreement, deception, civil war, and countless limbs chopped off. As a political science major watching the Star Wars series for the first time, […]
I have been eagerly anticipating writing this article celebrating the 60th anniversary of the iconic film, The Sound of Music (1965). The movie, which was released in the United States on March 2, 1965, was re-released in U.S. theaters Sept. 12–17, celebrating 60 years of the film and reviving its beauty in 4K. The film […]
A Faithful Adaptation, or a Whole New Cinematic Experience? Very few directors these days are known for their artistic style or consistency in themes across works. “The mark of the auteur,” as your film minor friend might say to you, has been lost on the modern-day director, as more and more of them feel the […]
A Paddington 2 Review What better way to get to know your roommate than to share your favorite childhood movies? For my roommate and me, Paul King’s Paddington 2 (2017) made the top of the list. Paddington 2 follows everyone’s favorite Peruvian, blue coat and red hat-wearing, marmalade-loving bear, named after London’s Paddington Station. The […]
“I always thought you knew it was me,” is perhaps the most haunting line in all of cinema,uttered by the character Leland Palmer (Ray Wise) in David Lynch’s surreal thriller Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992). The film is a prequel to the series Twin Peaks (1990–1991) and follows the character Laura Palmer in […]
Wes Anderson, known for his auteur style of literary geek, used a post-post-modernism approach in the creation of the film, The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014). Post-post-modernism—a style that embodies the goal of recovering the sincerity of film, focusing on existentialism, ethics, morality, and the absurdity of coincidences—ties in with Anderson’s distinct and vibrant visual style, […]
I’ve seen many, many horror movies in my time. A lot of them have become what I call “Hollywoodified,” pretty stupid and not very scary. Others, however, truly live up to their reputation and are legitimately terrifying. Recently, in anticipation of Halloween (my favorite holiday), I watched The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974), and I was […]