Hollywood: Behind the Screen Season 2: New Hollywood and the Independent Cinema
Season Two of our podcast Hollywood: Behind the Screen continues with a variety of films from the 1970s to the end of the century. The films we discuss feature B-movie auteurs, bigshot producers, paranoid writers, aspiring starlets, and even porn stars in a series of apocalyptic adaptations, indie dramas, and action hits with big names such as Robert De Niro, Johnny Depp and Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Hollywood: Behind the Screen Season 1: “The Dream Factory”
In this first season of “Hollywood: Behind the Screen”, we discuss, analyze, and criticize studio-era films set in and about Hollywood. From rising stars to fallen idols, from glamor and hope to scandal and murder, this so-called Dream Factory has it all.
From The 2020 Oscars
One of the biggest nights for Hollywood was held this past February 9th. The Academy Awards – better known as the Oscars – is a ceremony whose purpose is to decorate, honor, and reward the film-making community for its dedication and prowess to its craft. In the...
2019 University Theme Film Series: “Careers, Conflicts, and Callings”
Winona State’s Film Studies Program announces its 2019 University Theme Film Series: “Careers, Conflicts, and Callings,” Oct. 1-Nov. 7. In support of the “Career Readiness” theme, these ten films explore the complexities of finding, following, undertaking, and even sometimes leaving one’s career path.
In a World: Mountainfilm 2019 Trailer (a Don LaFontaine tribute)
With all due respect to “The Voice” Don LaFontaine, here is a trailer for our 2019 travel study to Telluride Mountainfilm Film Festival from Brynn Artley with a special assist from voice artist Joe Van Ryn.
Scarface: Just Another Gangster Movie?
Recognized by the National Film Preservation Board in 1994 and claiming a spot in the Top Ten Films list by the National Board of Review in 1932, director Howard Hawks’ Scarface is one of the most raw and brilliant gangster movies created to date. Putting life back...
King Solomon’s Mines: Influence on Action and Adventure
The Action and Adventure genre has blossomed into a list of sub genres that are currently taking cinema by storm with action juggernauts Avengers Infinity War (2018), Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018), and Aliens (1986). These hybrid films are growing in popularity...
Reflecting on Resilience: The 2018 WSU Film Series
With the conclusion of the Resilience Film Series at the end of last month, I have to marvel a little at the direction the series took. When I first heard the words “resilience” and “film series” together, I initially had this mental image of Mad Max type characters...
Exploring Resilience Through Film
Co-authored by: Morghan Lemmenes and Joe Van Ryn Over the course of October we were delighted to curate a film series revolving around our university theme of Resilience. Each film that we showed truly highlighted different aspects of Resilience. Whether it be a...
Overcoming the Odds: The Power of Film Showcasing Resilience
The WSU-Theme Film Series had yet another successful run this Fall, marking the third consecutive year the Film Studies program has curated the event. 2017 and 2018 were presented by Professor Dr. Johnson's Film 490 class, specializing in the process of film festival...
Resilience in Interpersonal Relationships: Kids and Parental Figures
Co-Authored by: Brittney Bluhm & Maeve O'Duggan Winona State University’s film curation class hosted nine nights of screenings throughout the month of October 2018. All nine films related to the campus theme resilience, “the ability to adapt well and grow when...
Review: A Quiet Place (2018, Dir. John Krasinski)
We have concluded the nine amazing films in our Resilience series, and what better way to end October than showing one of the best scary movies over the last decade the day before Halloween? A Quiet Place is a 2018 drama/thriller directed, co-written, and starring...
Preview: A Quiet Place (2018, dir. John Krasinski)
The ninth and final film in our Resilience Film Series, A Quiet Place, tells the story of a post-apocalyptic family threatened by mysterious creatures with super-heightened senses of hearing. The family has to live in complete silence in order to survive: can anyone...
Preview: Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018, dir. Morgan Neville)
To date in our Resilience Film Series we've screened some Best Picture Oscar-winners, touching coming-of-age comedies, and inspiring documentaries like Resilience and Time for Ilhan. We have one more excellent documentary to share this coming Saturday at 7 pm in...
Review: The Shape of Water (2017, dir. Guillermo del Toro)
Throughout our Resilience film series we've enjoyed visually-stunning and emotionally-driven documentaries and fictional works. Our most recent screening featured the 2018 Academy award winner for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score and Best Production...
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