by Hailey Torborg | Oct 13, 2018 | Criticism, Updates
The fourth film in our Resilience Film Series, Time for Ilhan, tells the story of Ilhan Omar, the first Somali-American woman elected to the U.S. political office. Directed by Norah Shapiro, this acclaimed documentary shows its viewers the obstacles involved in the...
by Morghan Lemmenes | Oct 13, 2018 | Criticism, Reviews, Updates
The third film in our Resilience Series, Eighth Grade, directed by Bo Burnham, examines how eighth graders make the transition to ninth grade in the face of peer pressure and social media. In a Hollywood medium too populated by action heroes and male angst, those few...
by Kyra Beske | Oct 10, 2018 | Criticism, Updates
Are you ready for Eighth Grade? The third film in our Resilience Film Series is the breakout indie comedy of the year, directed and written by Bo Burnham, showing Friday Oct. 12th, at 7 pm in Miller Auditorium (Stark 103). The film is rated R, and admission is free...
by Seth Lamey | Oct 10, 2018 | Criticism, Reviews, Updates
With only one feature film under his belt (2008’s Medicine for Melancholy), Florida State film school alum Barry Jenkins was still searching for the big break to get his name on the independent film map. Up-and-coming indie studio tour-de-force A24 picked up a...
by Seth Lamey | Jul 30, 2018 | Criticism
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) Just as he had obsessed over the potential for nuclear war and self-destruction by the human race, Kubrick similarly became interested in the prospect of extra-terrestrial life. After reading everything he could on the subject, he decided...
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