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To The Wonder: Confounding and Profound

Zachary Zahos  —  May 2, 2013

Great films only become "great" by surviving multiple viewings. Zachary Zahos ‘15 is not sure Terrence Malick's To the Wonder can do so.

Gosling, Cooper Shine in Pines

Mark DiStefano  —  Apr 19, 2013

 

In a day and age when so many movies would rather aim so low as to hit nothing than bite off more than they can chew, the grandiosity of Cianfrance’s film is commendable, writes Mike DiStefano '16.

On The Road: Kerouac's Masterpiece Makes a Journey to the Big Screen

Allison Vitkauskas  —  Apr 19, 2013

 

The task of adapting a novel to the film screen is always a difficult one. But it is especially difficult when that novel is On The Road, Allison Vitkauskas '14 writes.

A 21st Century Hitchcock? Not Quite.

Laura Boland  —  Apr 12, 2013

 

Laura Boland '15 reviews Stoker, whose homages to Hitchcock are unable to save it from becoming an unsatisfying movie with a satisfying end.

Squandered Potential: Ginger & Rosa at Cinemapolis

Mark DiStefano  —  Apr 3, 2013

Sally Potter’s Ginger & Rosa is, at its core, an exploration of the doldrums which pervaded pre-Beatlemania England at the height of the nuclear scare. It is a film steeped in melancholia and muted gray tones. This is not the optimal fare for those seeking an uplift at the movies.

Paul Rudd Outshines Tina Fey in Admission

Julia Moser  —  Mar 29, 2013

Julia Moser finds a little to pass, but a lot to reject, from Admission.

Now, Forager: A Lot of Heartbreak, Not Enough Fungus

Gaby Velkes  —  Mar 29, 2013

Gaby Velkes '16 finds a lot to love in Now, Foragers, the world's first (or, at the very least, most recent) drama about mushrooms.

ZAHOS: Noncreative Fiction

Zachary Zahos  —  Mar 6, 2013

After coming to terms with the difficulties of creativity, Zachary Zahos '15 has learned to appreciate art's intertextual nature.

In the End, We Can Only Hope for Amour

Zachary Zahos  —  Mar 5, 2013

Though not an easy watch, Amour is powerful to the point of paradox, Zachary Zahos '15 writes.

Don't Waste the Weekend: 3/1

Sun Staff  —  Mar 1, 2013

Do you want to have a killer weekend? Us too! 

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