Resilience & Resistance: The Films of Spike Lee
Winona State University’s Film Studies Program and Inclusion and Diversity office are sponsoring a film series showcasing filmmaker Spike Lee Feb. 14-28, taking a look at one of the few Black filmmakers in American cinema to forge a long, successful, and sometimes-controversial career.
Spike Lee Film Series
In celebration of Black History Month 2019, Winona State’s Film Studies Program is collaborating with the Office of Inclusion and Diversity on the film series “Resilience and Resistance in the films of Spike Lee.”
Festivals, Theaters, and Archives: Variety in Curation
Minneapolis/St. Paul International Film Festival, “The Cozy Theater,” a history of “Criterion Collection,” and Telluride Film Festival help expand the film curation and exhibition in the film community.
Betrayal, Violence, and Thrills: An Action Short Film Set
Winona State Film Studies students demonstrate their action genre knowledge and created their own action short films.
Action and Adventure: Redefining the Genre and Sequels
Films like Mad Max 2, Aliens, Atomic Blonde, and Avengers: Infinity War have expanded the action-adventure film genre well beyond its origins.
Letter from an Unknown Woman: Memory as a Repository for Our Humanity
Max Ophüls' 1948 film Letter from an Unknown Woman is a visually stunning adaptation of Stefan Zweig's 1922 short story "Letter from an Unknown Woman." The narrative unfolds as a series of flashbacks, told from Lisa Berndle's (Joan Fontaine) point of view while Stefan...
Scorsese’s Cape Fear: A Max Cady for the 1990s
In the 34 years between the publication of John D. MacDonald’s novel The Executioners and Martin Scorsese’s 1991 adaptation Cape Fear (borrowing the title from the original J. Lee Thompson adaptation), much had changed about the world. While the villainous Max Cady...
12 Years a Slave: Adapting Freedom
12 Years a Slave is based on the 1853 memoir of Solomon Northup, a free black man from Saratoga, New York who was kidnapped and then spent twelve years in the South as a slave in Bayou Bouef, Louisiana. Northup's memoir is framed entirely from his own first-person...
Scarlet Street: The Ghosts of the Past
Scarlet Street is filled with deception and heartbreak. Set in 1934 during the during the Great Depression, Scarlet Street takes place during a time of great financial troubles and uncertainty. This film’s plot revolves around money, everyone always wanting more but...
The Naked City: Eight Million Stories
Based on a book of photographs by the photographer Weegee along with a story written by Malvin Wald and Albert Maltz, 1948's The Naked City brings New York City to life. This film was one of the first police dramas shot solely on the streets of New York. With...
The Hitch-Hiker: Ida Lupino in the Director’s Chair
In the first few weeks into the new year of 1951, William E. Cook Jr., took up residence on the headlines for the largest manhunt in United States history. Bringing a whole new kind of criminal mastery to the screen in March of 1953, RKO Radio Pictures and The...
Sweet Smell of Success: Redefining Crime–and Film Noir
While the situations and themes within noir films can vary dramatically—for instance Kiss Me Deadly’s brooding science fiction compared to Sunset Boulevard’s dark social satire— the one integral plot point that remains consistent for all of film noir is the...
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