Media Beat Can “Terminator” be Great Again? Over the past 32 years, the world has received five different Terminator films, vastly ranging in quality. The first film, ... March 9, 2016
Media Beat Two or Three thoughts on “Gay Film” 1. The English language abducted the word “queer” from the Germans around the time English became an entity of large ... March 9, 2016
Media Beat A Brief Review of Under the Skin (2013) This film was directed by Jonathan Glazer, and is loosely adapted from Michel Faber’s 2000 novel by the same name. ... February 16, 2016
Media Beat Catching Up for Lost Films Like many people today, I am often overwhelmed by the sheer amount of quality media being released seemingly daily. If ... February 8, 2016
Media Beat Aqua Something Blog Post Whatever WARNING: ADULT SWIM MAY CONTAIN MATERIAL THAT PARENTS MIGHT NOT FIND SUITABLE FOR VIEWERS UNDER THE AGE OF SEVENTEEN. I ... December 11, 2015
Media Beat Star-struck: Celebrity, Obsession, and Film. The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford American 2007 Andrew Dominik What American doesn’t at least know the name Jesse James? Hero, thief, badass, murderer there are ... October 10, 2014
Media Beat The Necessary Film and What it Means When I was 19, I had very strong feelings about the 1997 Harmony Korine film Gummo. The film presents a ... September 30, 2014
Media Beat Star-struck: Celebrity, obsession, and film. Diva This is the first in a series of film reviews I am writing for the library blog. I will usually ... September 29, 2014
Media Beat Wes Anderson: “Rushmore” In my last post about Wes Anderson’s debut short “Bottle Rocket” I introduced the themes of simplicity and nostalgia and ... July 1, 2014
Media Beat Director Spotlight: Wes Anderson Born Wesley Wales Anderson this filmmaker from Houston, Texas has in recent years become, in my humble opinion, one of ... April 4, 2014