Cobbers create documentaries influenced by historical hollywood films Documentary: the very word evokes ideas of records and facts, but documentaries are more than recounts of how something happened. Students learn this in Donald Rice’s Documentary and Historical Film capstone course as they make their own documentaries. These documentaries, which are the students’ final semester projects,…
For anyone who does not know me, horror flicks are not “my thing,” for lack of a better term. To clarify, scary movies put me in a stupor that causes nightmares and night-light usage. Recently scary movies have become really popular. I have a roommate who just loves them, and one of my best friends…
The goal of most of today’s movies is to transport an audience elsewhere. Director John Hillcoat achieves this better than most in Lawless, starring Shia LaBeouf, Tom Hardy, Jessica Chastain, and Guy Pearce. Hillcoat strategically uses shots of Appalachian landscapes and rustic folk music to put the audience in 1920s Virginia. There’s something about the…
Both a new film studies minor and a new religion concentration were passed at last month’s Faculty Senate meeting. The motion to approve a new film studies minor was carried unanimously the Oct. 15 meeting. “I think it will be very exciting for faculty to have a film minor,” said Richard Gilmore, professor of philosophy….
Let me kick this off with a suggestion. If you’ve never been to the Fargo Theater, go. It has a charming ‘50s character, and instead of commercials or previews, a man serenades the crowd with some tunes from the on-stage organ before the show. It was the perfect venue for the one-time showing of “Derby,…
The Fargo Film Festival is celebrating its twelve anniversary this week, and it is shaping up to be the most star-studded year yet. The festival, which runs Tuesday through Saturday, takes place at the Fargo Theater and it features a wide variety of films, speakers, parties and opportunities to mingle with filmmakers, actors, writers, directors,…
Lisbeth Salander kicks ass. That’s essentially how “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo” trilogy by Steig Larsson can be summed up. The same holds true for the Swedish films and the newly released American version directed by David Fincher. The film details the life of a journalist who tries to expose a corrupt millionaire, gets…
Tales as old as time never get old. And that’s exactly the case with Beauty and the Beast, which many of us grew up with. Disney recently re-released this 1991 movie to theaters in both remastered form and 3D. Although almost everyone knows the plot of this charming French story, I’ll briefly recap. In the…
I have a confession to make. I may or may not be a huge fan of the recent chick-flick, “Bridesmaids.” There, I said it. I also may or may not have seen it three times in the theater (forking over $10 each time) and then memorized the exact day it came out on DVD. It…
“The Lion King” is still as magical as ever when it was revived and re-released in theaters Sept. 16 through the 25 in its new 3-D format. The original premier of “The Lion King” occurred in 1994, causing our generation to grow up watching it on the family room couch or with only hazy memories…