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Ricky Powell and Laurence Fishburne look at a photobook together on a park bench in New York City. (Photo by Jasper Cicero | Courtesy Tribeca Enterprises)

The Photographer Becomes the Subject in ‘Ricky Powell: The Individualist’

By Parker Dunn, Online Managing Editor May 31, 2020

  The 10-day We Are One: A Global Film Festival continues to bring lovers of film and cinema together by virtual yet victorious means. Day two of the festival landed on Saturday, May 30, and featured...

The Academy makes changes to eligibility rules in light of coronavirus (Courtesy LibreShot)

Life After COVID-19: Streaming Films Now Eligible for Oscars 2021

By Kate Button, Arts Writer, Copy Editor May 15, 2020

  As the COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted several industries and daily routines, the Oscars look to cope with the closures of movie theaters by permitting streaming films to be eligible to win awards. Prior...

Getting Involved in the Arts

By Hannah Keating, Arts Editor May 2, 2020

  If there’s one phrase that you’ll hear a lot of during your undergrad, it’s “get involved.” You may hear friends and peers wanting to participate in a certain exciting project or program...

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Sexual harassment in Hollywood

By Parker Dunn, Online Managing Editor April 28, 2020

  In a New York courtroom on Feb. 24, film producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of third-degree rape and first-degree criminal sexual act, sentencing the Hollywood mogul to 23 years in prison....

“Art lives around us, it’s everywhere all at once — in the literature we read, cinema we watch, architecture we admire and more.” (Photo by Igor Miske | Courtesy Unplash)

The importance of art

By Oakley Burt, Arts Editor April 24, 2020

  Imagine a world without the arts — a world without any music, film, dance, literature or any of the countless other mediums art exists through. That world is difficult to imagine, as a world...

Emery: Marvel movies hurt true cinematic artists

Emery: Marvel movies hurt true cinematic artists

By Nate Emery April 24, 2020

  Acclaimed director Martin Scorsese said in an interview interview last year with Empire, and then again in an opinion in the New York Times, that Marvel movies are not cinema. He said that...

Mimi Ndiweni on the set of Dishonour. (Courtesy Terrence Turner)

‘Dishonour’ is a Jarring Take on the Complexities of Female Genital Mutilation

By Cade Anderson, Arts Writer March 7, 2020

  Trigger warning: The film discussed in this article is about female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM). Terrence Turner’s one-act, one-woman short film “Dishonour”...

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Pop-Cultured: Wes Anderson’s Style Is Not Stale

By Parker Dunn, Online Managing Editor March 7, 2020

  With the recent release of the trailer for Wes Anderson’s next film “The French Dispatch,” I thought it was only fitting that we take a look back at the author’s previous work and how...

2020 Sundance Ignite Fellowship Seeking Film Submissions

2020 Sundance Ignite Fellowship Seeking Film Submissions

By Palak Jayswal, Arts Editor February 25, 2020

  While this year’s world-famous Sundance Film Festival has come to an end, the film world is hardly slowing. In fact, the Sundance Institute and Adobe are teaming up to encourage and guide a...

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Pop Cultured: Scrutinizing Disability in the Horror Genre

By Abigail Bowe, Arts Writer February 25, 2020

  Without a doubt, one of my favorite fiction genres has to be horror — I just can't get enough of the mystery, twists, balancing between the cursed and sublime and, most especially, the monsters...