by Brynn Artley | Oct 21, 2018 | Criticism
In 1921, already famous for 68 short films, creative genius Charlie Chaplin released his first feature film, The Kid, to worldwide acclaim. Prancing around onscreen as his alter ego, “The Little Tramp,” Chaplin is accompanied by child actor Jackie Coogan, the titular...
by Joe Van Ryn | Oct 19, 2018 | Criticism
There may be no more singular icon of resilience in the world of cinema than Charlie Chaplin. So this year, for the sixth film in our Resilience Film Series, we will be showing Chaplin’s 1921 classic, The Kid. This is the third year in a row we will have had the...
by Brinley Zoller | Oct 18, 2018 | Criticism
The fourth film to screen at the Resilience Film Series at WSU was Time For Ilhan, a captivating documentary about Ilhan Omar, the first Somali Muslim woman to be elected to political office in America. The film is directed by Norah Shapiro, a local Minneapolis...
by Maeve O'Duggan | Oct 17, 2018 | Reviews
Coming at the mid-point of our Resilience film series is Hunt for the Wilderpeople, a wonderfully quirky and family-friendly romp written and directed by Taika Waititi (director of Thor: Ragnarok and What We Do in the Shadows). Adapted from the book Wild Pork and...
by Maeve O'Duggan | Oct 15, 2018 | Criticism, Updates
If you were to take a 1990s Jim Carrey, send him to the present, and turn him into an accomplished director, you might get filmmaker Taika Waititi. Perhaps the most personal of Waititi’s films (which include the 2017 smash Thor: Ragnarok), Hunt for the Wilderpeople...
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