by Mina Tham | Dec 16, 2020 | Issues, Left
Welcome back to the sixth and final issue of A Newcomer’s Guide to La Nouvelle Vague! What a wild ride it has been this semester. Even though there was an abundance of discord in 2020, because of that I think I’ll be fully prepared for whatever 2021 has in...
by Mina Tham | Dec 16, 2020 | Issues, Left
When I first came to Winona State University, I hadn’t decided what I wanted to do for a major and never really felt compelled towards any specific field. First, I started with a Pre-Pharmacy major, then Pre-Law, next TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other...
by Mina Tham | Dec 16, 2020 | Issues, Left
In my U.S. history classes in high school, I barely remember reading anything about the Black Panthers— albeit it was more than four years ago now, but I still remember getting the general impression that the Black Panther group held “evil” intentions and actions, due...
by Mina Tham | Dec 16, 2020 | Issues, Left
I have never been one to condone cheating, as I mention in my essay about Agnes Varda’s film Happiness (1965), but in Eric Rohmer’s 1972 film, L’Amour l’après-midi or Love in the Afternoon, he approaches the subject of cheating more subtly, and the ending is much...
by Mina Tham | Dec 16, 2020 | Issues, Left
French New Wave films have always been influenced by the atmosphere in French society, and each New Wave film has consistently and effortlessly adapted to whatever new direction French culture went in. As certain political issues became more prominent and called for...
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